Summary

The New Jersey VA Healthcare System is seeking a dedicated Nurse Practitioner to join our Home Based Primary Care team at the Lyons Campus. This role offers the opportunity to provide advanced clinical care - expert consultation - and comprehensive patient management. Become part of our team and discover all that New Jersey has to offer!

Duties

• Duties include - but are not limited to: Independently manages a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions - with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention - using evidence-based practice and in-home clinical visits augmented by other modalities
• Develops and implements an individualized plans to achieve optimal population health and disease management
• Demonstrates leadership and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team
• Orders and interprets labs - tests - and diagnostic studies
• Prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions
• Initiates referrals and consults to specialty services
• Provides education to patients and their families
• Assesses and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes
• Exemplifies the ICARE core values of Integrity - Commitment - Advocacy - Respect - and Excellence
• 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 Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 8:00 am - 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized