Summary

The Community Living Center Advance Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) - provides direct patient care to adults with acute and chronic medical conditions across the continuum of Community Living Center services - including skilled nursing - rehabilitation - long term care - hospice and palliative care - pain management and respite care.

Duties

• Duties include - but are not limited to: Performs admission history and physical examinations - daily patient management - discharge planning and family conferences
• Provides skilled nursing - rehabilitation - long-term - and palliative care services as appropriate
• Maintains appropriate documentation of patient visits - diagnoses - and management plans - participating in billing and coding as required
• Ensures proper completion of Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) orders for your assigned patients
• Arranges for routine and emergency medical management in partnership with the interdisciplinary team
• Participates in the development and renewal of policies - protocols - and guidelines to assure high-quality clinical care
• Collaborates with nursing - GREC services - and interdisciplinary team members to ensure comprehensive care - appropriate admissions - and discharge planning
• Supports the CLC's teaching mission by engaging with students and trainees as assigned
• Supports quality improvement initiatives and monitoring patient safety and compliance with VA regulations
• Participates in committee discussions - department meetings - and interdisciplinary rounds as directed
• Assists with ongoing regulatory - accreditation - quality and compliance efforts (e.g. - Joint Commission - CARF - Long-Term Care Institute standards)
• 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 - 7:30am - 4:00pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.