[Hiring] Advanced Practice Nurse @VA Boston Healthcare System

Role Description

This APN position is in the Clinical Contact Center with the VA Boston Healthcare Systems and is a remote position. This position is a full-time position at 40 hours per week.

The Advanced Practice Nurse practices in Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) Clinical Contact Center (CCC) to provide a full range of services emphasizing quality, timeliness, and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission. The NP provides advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management through virtual modalities.

• The NP in the VISN CCC collaborates with a team of Registered Nurses (RN) to provide clinical care to patients through a virtual triage system.
• The NP strives to provide optimal clinically meaningful first contact resolution to patients and seeks end-user feedback to refine their practice.
• The NP will communicate with end-users at other patient sites to improve clinical management and integration into Veterans Health Administration (VHA) processes.
• The NP practices to the full extent of their education, training, and certification.
• Core functions are outlined in the clinical privileges that correspond with this position.
• The NP has prescriptive authority for a panel of patients or program as indicated by their position.
• The CCC Nurse Practitioner provides over the telephone/VA Video Connect (VVC) and soon to be deployed chat evaluation and management of patients with symptoms.
• The CCC provides service to veterans from VISN 1 New England Healthcare System, as well as state of the art telephone care service to veterans 24-hours, 7-days a week.

Tele-medicine/VVC duties include, but are not limited to:

• Diagnosis and management
• Ordering labs and diagnostic tests
• Medication prescription and adjustment
• Medication reviews and adherence reviews
• Patient education

Qualifications

• A post-master's certificate or master's or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Must be a graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency.
• Foreign Education: Graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing programs must validate the nurse practitioner degree equivalency.
• All APN (NPs) must possess and maintain an active, current, full, and unrestricted APN license to practice as an NP in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• All APN (NPs) must maintain full and current basic board certification in one of the following: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP), Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP), Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP), Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) or Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (GNP).

Requirements

• 3-5 years of current experience in Primary Care, Urgent Care or Emergency Department preferred.
• Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others.
• Delivers evidence-based health care, demonstrating proficiency in the ability to manage a patient panel, population, or program.
• Utilizes research and evidence-based practice to evaluate the patient care delivery system within a patient panel or program.
• Works effectively as a leader within a team/unit/group and seeks interdisciplinary collaboration as appropriate to enhance patient care.
• Demonstrates effective communication skills and professional behavior, promoting cooperation and teamwork.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year).
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).