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Posted: 01-Sep-23
Location: Cambridge, Maryland
Type: Full Time
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Preferred Education:
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Internal Number: CBTF-12105969-23-CV
Stand ready with VA to help in an emergency
A disaster can strike at any time - an earthquake, tornado, hurricane, or global pandemic can leave our Veterans, families, and communities in desperate need of help. That's why the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is creating Clinical Deployment Teams (CDTs) to stand ready to assist. We're looking for clinical personnel to serve on these teams and help transform how we provide health care services in times of great need.
Duties
Clinical Deployment Teams (CDT) provide 360 permanent, clinical staff dedicated to the continuity of Veteran healthcare and support to communities in times of crisis. Working in Primary Care, Medical-Surgical, Emergency Room (ER), and Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Clinical Deployment Team (CDT) staff will be allocated among 18 networks for a total of 20 full-time employees per network, including 11 Registered Nurses (RNs), 2 Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) or Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs), 5 providers (including Medical Doctors, Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine, and Advanced Nurse Practitioners) and 2 Social Workers. When they are not deployed, CDT staff will work at an assigned VA facility. Members of the team must:
- Be available to deploy with 72 hours' notice within 2 windows of time per calendar year, for up to a month at a time
- Work in a high-stress environment, possibly in austere conditions or an emergency setting
- Treat or provide direct patient care within the requirements of practice/privileges/licensure
- Participate in CDT training activities and demonstrate readiness to apply professional skills to a range of emergency situations
- Ensure qualifications and required certifications are maintained, including Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), or Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) certification
- Maintain CDT physical readiness requirements, vaccinations, and safety precautions related to infection control
Nurse Practitioners are clinicians with advanced training who provide primary, acute, and specialty health care services and delivers care under a set of privileges, based upon education, training, and certification. Responsibilities include:
- Primary Care - Provides comprehensive acute and chronic continuous care, evaluation and treatment of minor illness and injury as well as appropriate treatment and intervention for chronic illnesses.
2 vacancies in the following locations:
- Cambridge, MD
- Rosedale, MD
Work Schedule: May vary depending on deployment and/or assigned facility needs
Travel: Up to 50% may be required.
Preferred Experience and Certifications:
Primary Care - 2- 3 years of full-time experience working as a NP in an ambulatory outpatient clinic setting providing comprehensive, longitudinal, patient-centered general medical care for the multitude of conditions commonly presenting to a primary care clinician, Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification, Board Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP), or Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP).
Benefits:
- Education Debt Reduction Program
- Competitive Pay
- Guaranteed salary increases
- No Employment Contract
- 1 active and unrestricted license allows you to practice an any VA nationwide site of care
- Up to 26 Days paid vacation
- 13 Days paid sick time per year with unlimited carry over
- 11 Federal holidays with pay
- Federal Retirement Plan
- Separate 401K with partial agency match
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
VA Health Care Providers practice medicine more and spend less time on business tasks. Enjoy an environment that supports an interdisciplinary care team approach that delivers state-of-the-art medicine using some of the most advanced medical techniques and technologies in the Nation. Plus, VA offers an unparalleled variety of practice options in research, academia, and administration. Enjoy a superb quality of life. VA ensures and encourages a healthy work/life balance through predictable scheduling, reduced paperwork, the elimination of billing hassles, and lifting the burden of liability coverage.