Summary

The Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) - Chronic Pain Management primarily functions to provide pain services to veterans in support of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) as part of the Pain Management Team (i.e. - PMT).

Duties

• Duties for this position include - but are not limited to: Performs consultations - including history and physical examinations during in-person - telephone and virtual encounters
• Provides ongoing outpatient care for assigned patients in accordance to VHA policies and evidence-based treatment guidelines
• Screens outpatients to determine need for further care
• Prescribes medications within defined scope of practice
• Orders diagnostic studies
• (e.g
• x-rays - lab tests - ECG)
• Initiates and expedites requests for consultations and scheduling special tests and studies
• Enters notes on procedures performed for which the NP is responsible
• Provides education and counseling of patients and families in preventive care - medical conditions - and use of prescribed treatments and drugs
• Supports a high functioning Pain Committee that includes stakeholders from across the facility - and supporting subcommittees - task forces/work groups as indicated
• Supports OSI reviews - data-based risk reviews for opioid-exposed patients (including Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM) data-based reviews) - and other interdisciplinary pain care forums
• Actively treats pain complaints in complex cases alongside other pain staff - in accordance to the VHA Stepped Care Model of Pain
• Provides coverage and receives coverage from other pain care staff during times of staff leave
• 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: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM - Monday - Friday
• Subject to change based on the needs of the facility
• Telework: Not Available
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.