Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner Required By The Department Of U.S.A Veterans Affairs

Department Of U.S.A Veterans Affairs

Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care)

U.S.A Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Job # TUS-15-NSM-153-OC1578255

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Job Description

Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center is located in West Alabama on a beautifully landscaped 126 acre campus. Tuscaloosa offers a low cost of living and year round outdoor recreational activities along with cultural activities.

To fulfill President Lincoln's promise – "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" – by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.  How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?

We invite you to apply to become part of a team of professionals engaged in promoting positive organizational change to improve business outcomes and create a positive healthcare experience for patients, families, and caregivers.

Key Responsibilities

The incumbent will serve as a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner for the Primary Care at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center and may perform other duties as assigned. Duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

He/she will perform complete, detailed and accurate health histories, review patient records, develop comprehensive medical and nursing status reports; order laboratory, radiological and diagnostic studies appropriate for complaint, age, race, sex and physical condition of the patient. He/she arranges inpatient admissions, transfers and discharges inaccordance with established guidelines/standards developed within the collaborative practice and completes forms pertinent to patients medical record.

He/she performs comprehensive physical examinations and assessments.He/she interprets and analyzes patient data results of laboratory anddiagnostic tests. He/she will formulate medical and nursing diagnoses and institute therapy or referrals of patients to the appropriate health care facilities, agencies; and other resources of the community or physician. He/she will plan and initiate a therapeutic regimen which includes ordering medication, medical devices, nutrition and supportive services, and initiate corrective measures, treatment and/or appropriate stabilization in emergency situations. He/she will provide instructions and guidance regarding health careand health care promotion to patients/family/ significant other. He/she will works autonomously as well as in collaboration with a variety of individuals to diagnosis and manage health care problems for patients; by serve as a healthcare resource, interdisciplinary consultants, and patient advocates.

Qualifications

Citizen of the United States.

Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant:  The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.  In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing.

Must be proficient in spoken and written English.

Applicants must meet physical standards for the position described in VA Directive and Handbook 5019. A physical examination prior to placement is required.

This is a drug testing designated position.  Employees in drug testing designated positions will be subject to random drug testing.

Must possess and maintain full and current certification as a Nurse Practitioner from the American Nurses Association or other nationally recognized certifying body.  [The certification must be in the specialty to which the individual is being appointed or selected.

National certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner in area of practice with prescriptive authority required.

Applicant's education and length of nursing practice (experience) will be considered by a Nurse Professional Standards Board in determining the grade and salary of the applicant selected. Experience as a RN will be evaluated to determine if the experience is of an acceptable level of quality with regard to the following four dimensions of nursing: Practice, Professional Development, Collaboration and Scientific Inquiry. Each dimension of practice has criteria that demonstrate essential core competencies for VHA Nursing Personnel. The criteria are as follows: Practice: practice, ethics and resource utilization, Professional Development: performance, education/career development, Collaboration; collaboration, collegiality, Scientific Inquiry: quality of care, research.

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