Summary

A Recruitment / Relocation Incentive is offered for this position. The New Mexico VA Health Care System (NMVAHCS) Ambulatory Care Service is seeking qualified applicants to join our team. We are seeking a full-time Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive authority to function as part of the Artesia Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) - Ambulatory Care Service Line. Multi Disciplinary Position - Physician Assistant Announcement # 12799401

Duties

• 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
• The New Mexico VA Health Care System (NMVAHCS) Ambulatory Care Service is seeking qualified applicants to join our team
• We are seeking a full-time Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive authority to function as part of the Artesia Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) - Ambulatory Care Service Line
• Duties include but are not limited to: The incumbent serves as a Nurse Practitioner providing comprehensive outpatient care for a panel of adult patients through a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Model - also utilizing Tele-health as a resource of providing care
• Serves as a provider who is highly skilled in the management of a patient's primary care needs or sub specialty evaluation and treatment
• responsible to contribute to the achievement of quality of care standards - efficiency - process improvement and patient satisfaction
• writes orders for diagnostic testing prescribed medications and consultation to specialty services utilizing computer-keyboarding techniques
• The incumbent conducts new employee physicals when required and assesses employee work related injuries
• Successful candidate will be responsible for providing comprehensive primary care services to a defined panel of patients
• This includes history taking - physical examination - ordering of laboratories and diagnostic studies - diagnosis - and formulation of treatment plans for acute and chronic conditions within the scope of Internal Medicine or Family Medicine practice
• The candidate will document all medical information in an electronic medical record
• Treatment will include prescription of medications within the guidelines of the VA formulary - referral to specialty care services as appropriate - admission to hospital care when indicated - and patient education and counseling
• The incumbent will practice within the context of a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) responsible for sharing responsibility so that patients will always have access to care within the team
• Incumbents may be responsible to collaborate with other nurse practitioners and/or physician assistants on their team who function as providers to their own panels of patients
• The incumbent is responsible to contribute to the achievement of quality of care standards - efficiency - process improvement - and patient satisfaction within the Artesia CBOC - particularly to his/her assigned panel of patients
• The candidate is expected to practice in accordance within accepted professional standards - organizational values - and with a commitment to excellent customer service
• Work Schedule: Full Time - Monday - Friday - 7:30 am - 4:00 pm (Work schedules are determined and approved by the supervisor) Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be Authorized Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP): May be Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required