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OUR MISSION: 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?
10/04/2017 to 05/24/2019
$82,751 - $137,947 per year
VN 00
No
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Excepted
None
No
No
CBAZ-1005416-17-CSP-BU
481192500
Duties may include, but are not limited to:
-Utilizes independent practitioner status with prescriptive authority to assess and administer treatment for psychiatric illness.
-Initiating, prescribing, renewing, refilling, monitoring, and managing the care of patients on psychotropic medications
-Performs comprehensive psychiatric evaluations including detailed history of mental status evaluations on assigned patients.
-Evaluates available data and orders appropriate laboratory tests.
-Has availability to previous psychiatric records.
-Prescribes appropriate therapies and follow-up as indicated.
-Maintains accurate, thorough records via dictation of evaluations/ note or written evaluation/progress notes.
-Refers medical problems to the appropriate medical staff as indicated
-Is available for suicide assessment and crisis intervention.
-Works as in integral part of a multidisciplinary treatment team.
-The model of productivity is 80% productivity 20% admin. One hour new patient evaluations and 30-minute return client appointments.
-On call is required 2-3 weeks per year. The on-call structure is 2 tiered with medication providers being the 2nd level.
-May be involved in carrying a patient panel, providing same-day access support, and working in Primary Care-Mental Health Integration.
-Provide and coordinate comprehensive care for assigned patients in any care setting;
-Provide education, therapy, and counseling of patients and families in psychiatric conditions, addiction issues, and medical conditions related to psychotropic medication use
-Psychiatric consult liaison (inpatient)
-10% of caseload to be done through tele health
-5 days a week 8-430.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, may vary
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required
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.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
United States Citizenship Required; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
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.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.
If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
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. The criteria are as follows:
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
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 05/24/2019 to receive consideration.
Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. After we receive application packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applications to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email. Referred applicants will be notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notification once a selection decision has been made.
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