Summary

Full time opening for a Nurse Practitioner in Gastroenterology Department at the Garner VA. The NP will be fully qualified and certified to function in both a clinical and administrative role and in accordance with the guidelines and policies of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Duties

• 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: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Monday-Friday Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized
• Telework: Not Authorized
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Duties: The NP is a licensed independent practitioner with advanced education and national certification who provides evidence-based care for a population of patients
• 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
• The APP would have primary areas of responsibility to involve the gastroenterology continuity and procedure clinics
• This position will be fully qualified and certified to function in both a clinical and administrative role and in accordance with the guidelines and policies of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• This APP is delegated the authority and responsibility in his/her area of expertise to assume major clinical - consultative - educational - research - and administrative duties and assignments related to the care of Gastroenterology patients
• The following description covers the most significant duties performed but does not exclude other responsibilities which may be assigned
• Clinical (approximately 90%): Primary focus of practice is the clinical management for patients in the Gastroenterology clinic
• Specific clinical duties include: Attends and manages general Gastroenterology Clinics Completes Gastroenterology electronic consults
• Review of Gastroenterology consults for outpatient consultation and procedure clinics Collaborates with other health care resources (Primary Care - General Surgery - Oncology) to ensure continuity of care
• Keeps abreast of latest trends - skills - procedures - and protocols relevant in the area of specialty and serves as a resource person for the medical center staff
• Utilizes and promotes approved standards of care - procedures - methods and techniques - safety precautions and protocols in their application to the gastroenterology patient population in all settings
• Collaborates with other health care resources to ensure continuity of care
• 2
• Administrative (approximately 7%): Primary resource for outpatient Gastroenterology consults in collaboration with different services/personnel within the health care system: Pre-anesthesia department - determining case appropriateness for the Endoscopy Suite Referral coordination team (RCT) RNs - determining eligibility for care in the community (CITC) GI Endoscopy Suite RNs - placing appropriate consults as needed for upcoming Endo Suite procedures (admission consults - lodging consults - stop anticoagulation consults - pacemaker/AICD consults) Oversees scheduling to the outpatient Gastroenterology clinics with resolution of scheduling conflicts
• Completion of secure messaging for the Gastroenterology clinic as appropriate
• 3
• Education/Research (approximately 3%): Promotes and participates in the delivery of patient and family health education
• Participates - directs - and provides opportunities for staff development through in-service education as needed
• Assures self-development responsibilities and maintains current knowledge of trends in gastroenterology and clinical medicine
• Participates in Gastroenterology Section's clinical research programs when appropriate.