Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP)

Quick Facts

• Role: Advanced Practice Nurse (Certified Nurse Practitioner) focused on Women’s Health in Primary Care

Description

Provide a full range of primary care and women’s health services as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, emphasizing quality and timeliness in support of the VA mission. Independently manage a panel of patients, develop individualized care plans, order and interpret diagnostics, prescribe interventions, and perform in-office women’s health procedures. Lead and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams through the Women’s Health Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) and High Reliability Organization (HRO) framework.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage a patient panel with acute and chronic conditions, emphasizing women’s health and sex-related care

• Implement health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice

• Develop and implement individualized plans for population health and disease management

• Order and interpret labs, tests, and diagnostic studies

• Prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions

• Perform in-office procedures: Nexplanon insertion/removal, IUD insertion/removal, endometrial biopsy, colposcopy

• Assess and adjust the plan of care to achieve optimal patient outcomes

• Apply critical thinking for complex clinical situations

• Demonstrate leadership and collaborate with the Women’s Health PACT and other interdisciplinary team members

• Practice as a WHNP using treatment guidelines to deliver high-quality care

• Lead within an HRO framework; initiate and lead interdisciplinary teams

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards

• Paid Time Off: 50 days/year (26 annual leave, 13 sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays)

• Retirement: traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% VA contribution

• Insurance: federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many can carry into retirement)

• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any U.S. state or territory

• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 7:30am–4:00pm (subject to change)

• Telework: not available; Virtual: not a virtual position

• EDRP: authorized (up to $200,000; eligibility and award period determined after review; must submit within 4 months; former EDRP participants are ineligible)

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (non-citizens only when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens per VA policy)

• English proficiency in basic written and spoken English

• Selectively Service registration (for males born after 12/31/1959)

• Subject to background/security investigation; complete VA onboarding and pre-employment requirements

• Pass a pre-employment physical evaluation/examination

• Urinalysis screening for illegal drug use for testing designated positions

• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program

• Education: post-master’s certificate or master’s/doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner; graduate from an ACEN- or CCNE-accredited program (or validated foreign equivalency)

• License: active, current, full, unrestricted NP/APN license in a U.S. state/territory/commonwealth or DC

• Board certification: current basic board certification in Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) (e.g., ANCC or AANPCB or other nationally recognized body)

• EDRP: apply within four months of appointment and meet VHA policy eligibility; former EDRP participants cannot apply for EDRP incentives again