Summary

The Twin Ports Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) has an opening for a Full-Time APN. 13 CBOCs within the Minneapolis VA Health Care System provide care to Veterans near their home town and serve over 47 -000 Veterans throughout Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) provides a full range of services emphasizing quality - timeliness - and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission. The APN provides advanced clinical practice - consultation - and management.

Duties

• 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 The services currently provided include internal medicine/primary care - which is defined as the continuous - coordinated and interdisciplinary provision of comprehensive health services in an outpatient setting for a defined panel of assigned patients as well as those patients assigned to colleagues when access to care is necessary utilizing the Primary Care Management Module (PCMM) VHA standards
• Each Nurse Practitioner (NP) will have a collaborating physician with a signed practice agreement
• The Nurse Practitioner panel will be adjusted based on VISN standards for panel management
• Services that will be provided to defined paneled patients include but are not limited to diagnosis - treatment and referral of acute and chronic medical conditions - screening for diseases according to CDC and VA guidelines - targeted health promotion and disease prevention activities - health education - case management - referral service and urgent care
• PACT clinics are focused on the Advanced Clinic Access principles
• These principles promote access when the veteran feels the need to be evaluated
• The care setting is not limited to the clinic visits with the provider - it includes My Healthy Vet - telephone triage and clinic visits with team members such as the RN case manager - social worker and pharmacist
• Focus on care include the chronic disease initiative focusing on areas of CHF - COPD and DM - mental health collaboration in the PC setting - MOVE program focusing on weight loss - diet and activity as well as health promotion/disease management
• Work Schedule: The tour of duty for this position is typically Monday - Friday - days
• Additional information may be provided during the interview process.