Nurse Practitioner Outpatient Neurology

Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) – student loan payment reimbursement program. Specific eligibility must be met requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval – award amount (up to $200,000) and 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.

• Clinical assessment of patients presenting to the Outpatient Neurology Clinic including General Neurology & subspecialty clinics such as Movement Disorders – Neuromuscular Disorder – Memory Disorders & headache
• This includes obtaining accurate and appropriate medical histories – performing and recording limited and complete physical examinations – establishing presumptive diagnosis – presenting meaningful data to the supervising physician or his designee – and providing adequate documentation of patient care in the electronic medical record
• Assist with development and management of other members of the Multidisciplinary Neurodegenerative Disorders Management Team – specifically coordinating care with the RN clinical coordinator and a specialty social worker
• Participate in special procedures such as greater occipital nerve blocks for headache botulinum toxin injection for focal dystonia & deep brain – deep brain stimulator (DBS) program Assist clinical staff with development and management of Neurodegenerative Diseases Infusion Center – including establishing and following proper protocols for medications administered via infusion
• Provide patient – family and community education and counseling in preventive care – medical conditions – and the use of prescribed treatments and drugs
• Be familiar with neurology clinics and protocols
• Render assistance to other BVAMC neurology clinical teams and neurology house staff promote the efficient functioning of the Outpatient Clinic(s) to which he/she is assigned
• The priority of assignments will be based on need and staff-to-patient ratios and is subject to review and revision by the Chief or Deputy Chief Neurology
• Perform special procedures such as venipuncture when personnel who customarily perform such procedures are not available
• Execute position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership – experience – and creative approaches to management of complex client care Use organizational processes and/or systems to improve outcomes at the program or service level
• Provide leadership in identifying and addressing ethical issues that impact clients and staff – includes initiating and participating in ethics consultations
• Manage program resources (financial – human – material – or informational) to facilitate safe – effective – and efficient care
• Implement an educational plan to meet changing program or service needs for self and others
• Maintain knowledge of current techniques – trends – and professional issues
• Educate colleagues and/or students and serves as a preceptor and/or mentor
• Coach colleagues in team building
• Makes sustained contributions to health care by sharing expertise within and/or outside the medical facility
• Collaborate with others in research activities to improve care
• Identify and prescribe appropriate pharmacological and non-pharmacological agents
• Direct and advise on the processes to review – triage – and complete outpatient clinic consults and assigned electronic consults (E‑consults)
• Lead in performing and delegating indirect patient care tasks such as: returning telephone calls – responding to patient emails – reviewing clinical data – communicating results to patients – and communicating with primary care providers and other referring specialists – as appropriate
• Preferred Experience:
  
  2–3 years of full time Neurology and/or Medicine Specialty experience 1
• Experience with coordinating a multidisciplinary clinic for focused care of complex neurological disorders such as ALS and Multiple sclerosis
• 2
• Experience caring for patients with neurological disorders VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay:
  Competitive salary –…