Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care - Float), VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

OPENED : 27 March 2017
CLOSES : 26 March 2017

Salary Range Work Schedule Who May Apply Location

$68,327.00 to $113,903.00 / Per Year Full Time - Excepted Service Permanent United States Citizens Camp Hill, PA

Contact Amber Reesman Phone: (717)272-6621x3652 Email : AMBER.REESMAN@VA.GOV

Address VHA Lebanon VAMC Department of Veterans Affairs Lebanon VA Medical Center 121 Lebanon PA

Duties:

Incumbent manages complete basic care amenities for a panel of sufferers in a fundamental Care surroundings at a group based mostly Outpatient hospital (CBOC). Incumbent develops care plans, and collaborates with Physicians and Sub-Specialties across Lebanon VA clinical facilities spectrum of facilities; aiding all sub-specialties for start of care to affected person. Incumbent establishes and continues relationships inside the clinical heart and other specialties that result in better affected person care. Incumbent accepts giant and persevering with home and duty for making plans, coordinating and controlling a advanced included health care apply. 

The drift position is ahead at the Camp Hill group based mostly Outpatient Clinics and will be guilty to basically go with the flow to the York neighborhood primarily based Outpatient Clinics as essential. in spite of the fact that, incumbents may be requested to target to the group based mostly Outpatient Clinics in Berks and Lancaster as obligatory. 

Work time table: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm until several types of accredited by manager. different work schedules are out there upon request and approval by the care line.

Job Requirements

1. Must pass pre-employment examination.
2. Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required.
3. Background and/or Security Investigation required.
4. Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
5. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

• U.S. citizenship. Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not feasible to recruit certified residents in accordance with VA Policy.
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing permitted by the acceptable State-accrediting company and approved by one of the following accrediting personnel at the time the program was achieved by the applicant: The Accreditation fee for schooling in Nursing (ACEN) or The fee on Collegiate Nursing schooling (CCNE). In circumstances of graduates of overseas faculties of professional nursing, ownership of present, full, energetic and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement of commencement from an accredited school of professional nursing.
• The finishing of coursework equal to a nursing diploma in a MSN Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration constitutes the finishing of an accredited course of look at of professional nursing. scholars should publish the certificates of professional nursing to sit for the NCLEX to the VA alongside with a replica of the MSN transcript. (Reference VA guide 5005, Appendix G6)
• 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. 

Grade Determinations:  The following criteria must be met in determining the grade assignment of candidates, and if appropriate, the level within a grade:

• Nurse I Level I - An Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing, with no additional nursing practice/experience required.
• Nurse I Level II - An ADN or Diploma in Nursing and approximately 1 year of nursing practice/experience; OR an ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a bachelor's degree in a related field with no additional nursing practice/experience; OR a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) with no additional nursing practice/experience.
• Nurse I Level III - An ADN or Diploma in Nursing and approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience; OR an ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and approximately 1-2 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a BSN with approximately 1-2 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a Master's degree in nursing (MSN) or related field with a BSN and no additional nursing practice/experience.
• Nurse II - A BSN with approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience; OR ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and approximately 2-3 year’s of nursing practice/experience; OR a Master's degree in nursing or related field with a BSN and approximately 1-2 year’s of nursing practice/experience; OR a Doctoral degree in nursing or meets basic requirements for appointment and has doctoral degree in a related field with no additional nursing practice/experience required. 
• Nurse III - Master's degree in nursing or related field with BSN and approximately 2-3 year’s of nursing practice/experience; OR a Doctoral degree in nursing or related field and approximately 2-3 year’s of nursing practice/experience.

Nurse Practitioners: A nurse practitioner must be licensed or otherwise recognized as a nurse practitioner in a State, possess a master's degree from a program accredited by the NLNAC or CCNE, and maintain full and current certification as a nurse practitioner from the American Nurses Association or another nationally recognized certifying body. The certification must be in psychiatry or mental/ behavioral health.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social).  Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.  You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. 

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.  You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.   If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

Physical Requirements:

You have the funds for be able to carry out work that calls for regular and recurrent bending, lifting forty five pounds or more, stooping, mountaineering, achieving above the shoulder, stretching, and similar events assisting loads of weights; strolling and standing for eight hours; use of handled, each palms and each legs; emotional steadiness; near vision correctable at thirteen to sixteen / far vision correctable in one eye to 20/50 and to 20/100 in the other ; each eyes required with capability to distinguish primary colorations; and listening to help( approved)