Certified Nurse Practitioner Senior
State: Virginia
Role Title: RN IIINurse Practitioner
Hiring Range: $103,000 - $115,000
Pay Band: 6
Agency: Virginia Department of Health
Location: CRATER HQ
Agency Website:https://www.vdh.virginia.gov
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties:
A. Direct Patient Care
• Provides comprehensive care to patients as assigned per licensed scope of practice and according to local and state policies and procedures. • May provide services to the following programs within the limits of the Nurse Practitioners license: • Child adolescent and adult health • Family planning • Immunizations • Travel clinic services • Sexually transmitted diseases
• Obtains a complete medical history and records findings in a systematic, accurate, and succinct form. • Reviews patient history and evaluates patient status on current visit. • Interviews patient for verification of medical history or for a full account of present complaints. • Performs accurate physical examinations.
• Orders, performs, and interprets routine laboratory tests. • Reviews lab test results and makes appropriate plan of care changes.
• Administers and prescribes appropriate medications within the guidelines of the practice agreement.
• Develops and implements plans for health promotion and health maintenance, including plans for disease prevention and provision of health education and counseling.
• Provides periodic health assessments of patients.
• Provides clinical management of patients and co-manages care for patients with selected health complications in collaboration with supervising physician.
• Arranges referrals to other members of the health-care team as needed and/or to appropriate community providers and other community resources.
B. Documentation
• Documents all pertinent findings for clinical exams, labs, diagnostic tests, legibly and in a timely manner, in standard format per nursing protocol and legal requirements. • Uses appropriate VDH forms specific to clinic program. • Develops and records differential diagnosis, problem list, and plan of care for patient according to evaluation of all information from history, physical examination, and diagnostic tests and other available information. • Updates or adjusts care plan subsequently with receipt of additional information. • Explains plan of care and findings to patient and documents and patient education. • Refers patients to other providers or agencies according to need and protocol and/or recommendations.
C. Program Evaluation & Planning
• Assists leadership in program planning and evaluation. • Contributes to the development and changes in nurse practitioner protocols. • Assists with evaluation of clinic services and activities, sets, and meets goals for client-provider ratio and clinic flow. • Provides leadership to staff participating in clinic sets, professional example, and promotes participation, learning, and development of clinical nursing skills. • Provides training and assists with continuing education for other nursing staff as needed. • Suggests changes and additions for services provided within scope of clinic sets standards and priorities in the clinical setting and assures all applicable local, state, and federal protocols are followed. • Assists in reviewing current health education materials and suggests or makes changes or additions to promote reduction in high-risk behavior and positive chronic disease health intervention methodologies.
D. Community Engagement
• Promotes improved health in the community. • Assists with health fairs and screening programs as needed. • May be a resource to community groups or agencies in matters regarding public health. • May serve on committees related to community health.
G. May be required to perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Demonstrated knowledge of nursing practice and health principles, physical examination techniques, and findings, both normal and pathological, disease states, diagnostic testing, and limits of testing and pharmacology. • Ability to perform and interpret physical assessments, obtain medical history, perform and/or interpret diagnostic testing, formulate differential diagnoses, and plan of care and provide health education to clients. • Ability to develop patient management plans, excellent clinical judgment, with ability to know the limits of practice and when to seek consultation. • Demonstrated ability to work without direct supervision, strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work effectively with staff, patients, and the public, ability to participate in educational and professional programs. • CPR/BLS certification
Additional Considerations:
• Prior public health or community health with significant clinical experience in prenatal, STI, family planning, pediatrics, and Family Nurse Practitioner preferred.
Special Instructions:
• You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to "Your Application" in your account to check the status of your application for this position. • VDH accepts only online applications. Faxed, mailed, or e-mailed applications will not be considered. • Applications are accepted until 11:55 p.m. on the job closing date. • Applications and/or resumes should include relevant work history which indicates your qualifications for this position. • Supplemental questions are encouraged to be answered in a comprehensive manner and reference any pertinent knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as any previous experience that relates to the position.
Employment:
• Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a state and federal criminal history background check and the Department of Social Services Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry check, U.S. HHS IG Exclusion List check, employment reference check, and E-Verify. • Other financial, credit, driving background checks or completion of Statement of Economic Interests may be required for certain positions.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
• It is the policy of the Commonwealth and VDH that all aspects of human resource management be conducted without regard to race or traits historically associated with race, including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, political affiliation, disability, genetic information, and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.
Virginia Values Veterans:
• VDH Welcomes Veterans to apply.
Contact Information:
• Name: Brandon A. Stanford • Phone: 804-863-7526 • Email: brandon.stanford@vdh.virginia.gov