Summary

This Nurse Practitioner - Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) position is in Geriatric and Extended Care services (GEC) at the VA WRJ Healthcare System - located at the Littleton - NH location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.

Duties

• Included but are not limited to: Provides direct Veteran care and care coordination - as it pertains - to Veterans and their care within the HBPC Program
• Responsible for case management - assessment - triage - Veteran education - resource coordination - medication and treatment coordination - and care planning
• Utilizes interventions - which maximize health capabilities and reduces unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits - per Veteran's goals of care
• Collaborates in the development - implementation - evaluation - and revision of policies - procedures - and/or guidelines
• Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for the HBPC Program and facility
• Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement
• Supports colleagues and other clinical team members through HBPC knowledge sharing to provide safe - quality nursing care
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals
• Evaluates outpatient outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for HBPC individuals - groups - and populations
• Responsible for the documented HBPC outcomes at the program or service level
• HBPC program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility
• Work Schedule: Full-time - Monday - Friday - 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Notifications: This is a Bargaining Unit Position This position is in the Excepted Service Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50 - (Notice of Personnel Action)
• The SF-50 must identify the position title - series - grade - step - tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted)
• In some cases - more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held
• This position is covered by a special rate
• Pay: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards