Summary

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) functions as an integral member of the healthcare team - working in the collaboration with physicians - nurses - social workers - pharmacist - therapists - psychologist - and others to coordinate and to enhance the quality of care provided for patients. The NP is an Advanced Practice RN (APRN) who demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to coordinate medical care for a group of patients and is an independent member of the Medical Staff.

Duties

• Major duties include - but are not limited to the following: Manage medical care for a panel of Veterans enrolled in Primary Care
• Timely entry and use of the electronic medical record system for documentation - workload capture - alert management - and for review of Veterans' current and future medical care needs
• Serve as the leader of the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT)
• Cross-cover for other medical providers as needed throughout the health care system
• Work in collaboration with PACT members to ensure the overall safety and quality of each Veteran's care
• Responsible for all performance metrics related to patient quality of care
• Responsible for positive customer service in all aspects of care
• Participate in quality improvement - quality assurance - continuous survey readiness - and committee/work groups in collaboration with others
• Maintain licensures and certifications requisite for credentials and privileges at the OKC VAHCS
• Meet ethical and professional standards as written in the Medical Staff Bylaws and ensure that work relations are in compliance with facility standards and expectations as written and communicated
• Driving and travel for Primary Care patient care coverage purposes will be required for this position to clinics throughout the health care system
• Driving and travel may be up to 75% of the time
• 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: 0800-1700 or 0800-1630 - Monday through Friday Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required