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Who May Apply:
07/01/2020 to 07/15/2020
$89,923 - $158,239 per year
VN 00
No
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Excepted
3
No
Yes
CBTD-10856216-20-KNA
572520600
The Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) Nurse Practitioner is a professional nurse with advanced clinical knowledge and competence to function in a variety of roles. She/he is accountable for the management and evaluation of patient care under her/his care. She/he holds clinical privileges and practices in collaboration with a physician.
The HPM Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive wellness care, as well as acute, episodic, and chronic care, of adult clients primarily in a hospice and palliative care unit. The Nurse Practitioner is prepared by advanced practice in adult health care across the health continuum. This practice includes independent and interdependent decision making, and direct accountability for clinical judgment. Graduate preparation expands the comprehensiveness of the NPs role, which includes: a) participating in and use of research; and b) development and implementation of health policy, leadership, education, case management, and consultation.
Provides leadership in the application of the nursing process to patient care, organizational processes, and/or systems, thus, improving outcomes at the program or service level. The HPM nurse provides leadership specifically in the areas of hospice and palliative care to nursing staff.
CRITERIA:
1. Conducts a comprehensive assessment to determine client's nature and degree of health care problems, and constructs and implements an appropriate plan of care.
2. Develops a data base on clients by performance of:
(a) Health history, including symptom evaluation
(b) Physical assessment
(c) Diagnostic testing when appropriate
(d) Establishment of patient goals of care
3. Assesses and interprets client data differentiating between normal and abnormal findings; formulates differential diagnosis; develops appropriate diagnosis and treatment plans based on the goals of a patient's care.
4. Prescribes and performs selected laboratory and other diagnostic tests, treatments, referrals, and consultations deemed pertinent, as defined in individual clinical privileges delineated by medical board.
5. Initiates and manages clients with acute and chronic disease, serious and life limiting illness, end of life care and preventative health care where appropriate.
6. Through health teaching for clients, family, peers, and community, increases client and family understanding of disease processes, self-care, and treatment plans.
7. Reviews patient management with collaborating physician as appropriate;
Collaborates and makes recommendations with other disciplines and community resources to ensure continuity of care.
8. Maintains up-to-date records of all client interactions to document care provided, and facilitates intervention of various other health care providers.
9. Demonstrates the skills and knowledge necessary to provide hospice and palliative care appropriate to the clients served, including the ability to obtain and interpret information to identify client needs, providing the care needed.
10. Maintains compliance with the various standards of care and practice. These include but are not limited to H & P completion, Medication Reconciliation, Goals of Care conversations, Life Sustaining Treatment notes, "Hand Off" communication standardization, patient education and documentation, and assistance with patient flow and discharge processes.
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
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. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Annual leave shall accrue for full-time Nurses, and Nurse Anesthetists at the rate of 8 hours for each full biweekly pay period.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
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This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
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You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your application, résumé, C.V., and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
NOTE: Candidate'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. The recommended salary may be at any point in the range listed for this vacancy.
Experience as an 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.
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.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 07/15/2020 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/10856216.
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