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Nurse Practitioner - Psychiatric Mental Health

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Overview This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility 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.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to: Provide a full range of services emphasizing quality - timeliness - and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission

Provide advanced clinical practice - consultation - and management

Actively fosters collaboration and consultation with Mental Health (MH) and medical providers of all disciplines and in a variety of medical settings

Participate actively in the training and clinical supervision of residents - interns - staff - students - and others

Participate in quality assurance activities

Uses advanced clinical judgment to independently provide evidence-based treatment to Veterans with acute or chronic mental illness including use of psychotropic medications - psychotherapy - and other modalities

Provides comprehensive inpatient - consultative - and outpatient psychiatric and substance use disorder evaluation and treatment to Veterans as a member of or in consultation with a multi-disciplinary treatment team

Provides urgent and emergent evaluation of episodic and chronic problems

Provides patient and family education on medical/MH conditions - preventive measures - and prescribed treatments

Demonstrates leadership and engages in collaboration with other MH and specialty care professionals while involving Veterans and their families (as appropriate) - in treatment plan development

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

Counsels and treats Veterans with substance use disorders

Orders and interprets labs - tests - and diagnostic studies

Initiates referrals and consults to specialty services

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

Benefits and incentives 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: Every other weekend in the inpatient psychiatric unit; Remaining days of tour will be weekdays

Compressed/Flexible:

Available Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:

Not Authorized

EDRP Authorized:

Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive

Contact:

vhaedrpprogramsupport@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance

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Permanent Change of Station (PCS):

Not Authorized

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