Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Pract/Family Practice)

About the Position: Serve as an Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner/Family Practice) at Naval Branch Health Clinic Yorktown, VA, Dir of Family Medicine; serve as a primary care provider to provide direct nursing care, therapeutic procedures, and preventive health education and maintenance. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Perform comprehensive health histories, physical examinations, preventive health assessments, and routine primary care visits.

Order, review, and interpret laboratory tests, diagnostic studies, and imaging and develops appropriate treatment plans based on clinical findings.

Prescribe medications, treatments, and therapeutic interventions in accordance with applicable laws, clinical privileges, and DHA policies.

Initiate and manage specialty referrals and consults when care needs exceed the scope of primary care.

Complete clinical documentation, encounters, orders, referrals, and follow-up requirements accurately and within established timelines.

Review and respond to clinical results, medication renewal requests, patient messages, and other patient-care requirements in a timely manner.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.