Nurse Practitioner- Hematology​/Oncology

The 2-page resume requirement does not apply to this occupational series. For more information, --refer to the Required Documents section below

Nurse Practitioners are clinicians with advanced training who provide primary, acute, and specialty health care services and delivers care under a set of privileges, based upon education, training, and certification.

Responsibilities include:

Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties:

The APRN is a licensed independent practitioner with advanced education and national certification who provides evidence-based care for a population of patients.

- * Independently manages a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice.

- * Develops and implements an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management.

- Demonstrates leadership and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team

* Orders and interprets labs, tests, and diagnostic studies.

- * Prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.

- * Initiates referrals and consults to specialty services.

- * Provides education to patients and their families.

- * Assesses and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

- * Exemplifies the ICARE core values of
- Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence.

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

Compressed/Flexible:
Available
- Per supervisor approval

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:

VA Nurse Total Rewards