Summary

The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) practices in the Hematology/Oncology Service to provide a full range of services emphasizing quality - timeliness - and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission. This certified NP will be the sole hematology/oncology provider at the Huntsville - AL VA location and will collaborate with the hematology/oncology physicians at the Birmingham VA Medical Center as well as National Tele-oncology physicians to manage patients.

Duties

• Duties include but not limited to: Independently manages a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice
• Develops and implements an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management
• Demonstrates leadership and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team
• Orders and interprets labs - tests - and diagnostic studies
• Prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions
• Initiates referrals and consults to specialty services
• Provides education to patients and their families
• Assesses and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes
• Exemplifies the ICARE core values of-Integrity - Commitment - Advocacy - Respect - and Excellence
• Hematology/oncology specific duties include: seeing patients with benign hematology conditions including blood count abnormalities - iron deficiency anemia - thromboses
• managing oncology patients in collaboration with oncology physicians
• managing chemotherapy and immunotherapy toxicities
• managing infusion reactions in collaboration with oncology infusion nurses Care coordination responsibilities: addresses psychosocial and medical needs of patient and their families/caregiver through participation with the interdisciplinary team
• Telework component: may include virtual visits with patients and telework days if appropriate This position is specifically part of the Close To Me Initiative which is a program to bring infusional cancer therapy and injections to CBOC locations to increase patient access
• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards 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 Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 8:00 a.m
• - 4:30 p.m
• Subject to change based on agency needs
• Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized