Summary

The advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Practitioner will practice in the Employee Occupational Health (EOH) Program providing employee occupational health services to include health promotion - assessment of health status - potential for disease development - and evaluation and management of occupation-associated illness and disease states.

Duties

• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards The Employee Occupational Health (EOH) APN is responsible for providing employee occupational health services in accordance with VA Handbook 5019/6 - Part I - and will have administrative advice and assistance from the Human Resources Management Office
• Duties are included but not limited to: Pre-placement examinations
• Interval employee physicals
• Evaluation and treatment of occupational injuries
• Emergency treatment of illnesses that are potentially work-related
• Advise for employees who become sick at work
• Oversee the administration of appropriate immunizations
• Surveillance of employees with exposure or potential exposure to hazardous substances
• Other duties as assigned by the Primary Care Service Chief
• The EOH APN clinical practices in collaboration with the Employee Occupational Health care team - advocating for health promotion and disease prevention within the Facility
• 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 - 8:00AM - 4:30PM
• Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized
• Telework: Ad-Hoc - (Not regular and re-occurring) In accordance to VA policy as determined by the service
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
• PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized.