Nurse Practitioner - Geriatric Resources Assessment and Care of Elders; GRACE

Summary

Opening is located at 2669 Cold Springs Road clinic of Richard L. Roudebush VAMC Indianapolis - IN within the Geriatrics service. The Geriatric Resources for Assessment and Care of Elders (GRACE) Outpatient is seeking an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) / Nurse Practitioner (NP) to provide full range of services emphasizing quality - timeliness - and advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission.

The NP provides direct Veteran care in patient homes and coordination of care within the GRACE Program.

• Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties:
  Responsible for case management - assessment - triage - Veteran education - resource coordination - medication and treatment coordination - and care planning
• Plans and delivers technically competent care in the home of Veterans with complex needs - including health promotion - health prevention - and geriatric care
• Utilizes interventions - which maximize health capabilities and reduces unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits - per Veteran's goals of care
• Makes home visits to Veterans in the program
• Collaborates in the development - implementation - evaluation - and revision of policies - procedures - and/or guidelines
• Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for the GRACE Program and facility
• Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement
• Supports colleagues and other nurses through geriatric knowledge sharing to provide safe - quality nursing care
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals
• Evaluates outpatient outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for aging individuals - groups - and populations
• Responsible for the documented GRACE outcomes at the program or service level
• May have long periods of continued driving - walking - standing - stooping - sitting - bending - pulling and climbing steps
• An ability to lift objects such as laptop cases - nurse bag and other home care nurse supplies in and out of vehicles and into homes is necessary
• Must be capable of working with a team effectively in stressful situations and demonstrate ability to shift priorities based on Veteran - environmental and program 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:
  
  Full Time - Mon - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible:
  Not authorized Telework:
  Not available Virtual:
  This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
  Not authorized