Nurse Practitioner - Clinical Command Center

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.Duties : The Clinical Command Center (CCC) Nurse Practitioner at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) provides direct patient care and works collaboratively with members of the Clinical Command Center and Medical Service specialties to ensure optimization of patient flow throughout the health care system. Areas of responsibility encompass assisting with clinical evaluations, consultation and collaboration with patients, families, nursing staff, physicians, multidisciplinary staff and other healthcare team members regarding the medical care and needs of patients with inpatient medical disorders.The incumbent works collaboratively with the inpatient medicine teams and the Clinical Command Center, participates in daily interdisciplinary team meetings, engages in the utilization management review process, and may participate in rounds on the acute medicine inpatients.Qualifications : Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) Basic Requirements : Education : A post-master's certificate or master's or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner. (Applicants pending the completion of educational requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until the education requirements are met.) Must be a graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant : The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing ( ACEN ) orThe Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education ( CCNE ).NOTE : Foreign Education. Graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing programs, the nurse practitioner degree equivalency must be validated through an Agency recognized degree equivalency evaluation agency, such as the International Consultants of Delaware ( ICD ). Candidates with equivalent nurse practitioner masters or doctorate level degrees who possess current, full, active, and unrestricted registration and certification will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant appointment.License and Certification : License. All APN (NPs) must possess and maintain an active, current, full, and unrestricted APN license to practice as an NP in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.Basic Certification. All APN (NPs) must maintain full and current board certification in an area of clinical specialty from one of the following : the American Nurses Credentialing Center ( ANCC ), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board ( AANPCB ), or other nationally recognized certifying body in the area in which the Nurse Practitioner is academically prepared.Preferred Criteria : Previous patient experience in acute care on Med / Surg, IICU, MSICU and ED units highly preferred. Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (AGNP) certification highly preferred.Physical Requirements : Visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, and manual dexterity. This position requires long periods of continued walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling and pushing.#J-18808-Ljbffr

Salary : $200,000