Job Description

Summary

This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network - Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 4) - Corporal Michael J Crescenz VA Medical Center (CMCVAMC) - Resources Management Service - Decision Support System (DSS) - Philadelphia - PA.

Duties

• Sleep Medicine is the field of clinical practice and scientific inquiry that encompasses the study of physiological - behavioral - and psychological factors underlying normal and disordered sleep across the life span - and the development and application of evidence based approaches to the prevention and treatment of sleep disorders and co-existing conditions
• Duties & Responsibilities include: The Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for performing clinical activities related to the VISN 4sleep center clinical program to veterans with sleep disorders
• Duties of the nurse practitioner include but are not limited to: Performing comprehensive evaluations through in-person and video teleconferencing clinic evaluations of patients presenting with sleep disorders and managing patients with sleep disorders Interpreting home sleep studies
• attending in the sleep disorders clinic and sleep telemedicine program - and participating in a sleep research program Participating in the orientation of residents - fellows - medical students and other trainees in the field of Sleep Medicine Fulfilling the clinical - educational - and research missions of the sleep center
• Nurse practitioners in the sleep center evaluate - diagnose - and treat the physiological - behavioral - and psychological factors that may cause or be the consequence of the full spectrum of sleep disorders
• This is detailed below
• Assessment - Diagnosis - and Consultation: Supervise the performance and interpret procedures to assess - diagnose - and treat sleep disorders Order - administer - and interpret home sleep tests Determine when appropriate physiological - behavioral - and psychological interventions are necessary to treat the comprehensive range of sleep disorders and related health conditions Determine when it is necessary to refer patients for additional assessments - tests - or procedures to establish the diagnosis of sleep disorders - including but not limited to polysomnography Provide consultation to health care professionals and other sleep specialists on the assessment - diagnosis - and treatment of sleep disorders and related health conditions Treatment Planning and Intervention: Utilize the results of sleep studies and other sleep-related medical tests to develop an appropriate treatment plan for the full range of sleep disorders Independently deliver appropriate physiological - behavioral - psychological interventions and treatments for sleep disorders and other medical disorders 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: Monday - Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm Compressed/Flexible: Not authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

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About Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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Traineeship, Flexible hours, Monday to Friday,

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