Advanced Practice Nurse - Home Based Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

The Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) Special Population Pact Aligned Care Team (PACT) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) provides primary care to an assigned panel of Veterans in accordance with licensure privileges, scope of practice or functional statement. The Nurse Practitioner for Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) will perform physical assessments, engage in therapeutic problem solving, counseling, consultation, & provide collaborative case management with an interdisciplinary team. Major duties: Minneapolis VA Health Care System is a Complexity Level-1A tertiary teaching health care organization providing an array of inpatient and outpatient multidisciplinary care in an Integrated Clinical Community (ICC) structure including Primary Care, Specialty Medicine, Surgical Care, Behavioral & Mental Health and Rehabilitation & Extended Care services. Duties include, but are not, limited to: Performs physical assessments, engages in therapeutic problem solving, counseling, consultation, and provides independent case management. Orders, interprets, and follows up on diagnostic tests. Initiates consults to other disciplines. Collaborates with physicians and other members of health care team. Prescribes medications and other therapies within the guidelines of the specific practice agreement. Teaches patient, family, other staff and students. Triages and applies a collaborative team approach in identifying, analyzing, and resolving patient care problems. BLS certification is required for this position and can be obtained upon hire. Facilitation of Homecare referrals and recommendations to support ongoing veteran needs. 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 thru Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Situational ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Requirements: U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.