The Neurology APN is responsible for providing and coordinating patient care for the neurology specialty outpatient clinics. The role requires autonomous decision making based on a knowledge of nursing, nervous system diseases, and medical genetics where indicated.
Duties include but are not limited to: The Neurology APN provides leadership in the effective application of the nursing process components of assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation and evaluation, organizational processes and/or systems, improving outcomes at the program or service level and in the specialty practice setting.
Provides evidence of advanced education, clinical training and provides specialty health care services for groups of patients. Uses the nursing process to: Investigate health problems or health needs by gathering and assessing historical information. Perform a neurological examination. Diagnose health problems based on interpretation of the patient's history, physical exam findings and diagnostic test results.
Develop a treatment plan tailored to the patient's needs that includes health education, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment. Prescribe medications with appropriate state licensure. Evaluate the results of the treatment plan, modifying the plan as needed to achieve the treatment goals. Make referrals for evaluation or treatment of health problems outside the scope of neurology specialty clinic care.
Directs and coordinates the provision of health care services: For patients in neurology specialty clinics. For patients in special projects, across service lines, and within the medical center. Provides a model for clinical practice within the clinic setting, service line, medical center and the community.
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, 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Authorized Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. Note: The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission/NLNAC changed its name to ACEN in May 2013.
ACEN's website may be utilized to verify accredited programs using automated inquiry processes; however, for verification of any nursing program's accreditation prior to 1998, an automated inquiry cannot be used and ACEN must be contacted directly via their email contact information on the ACEN website to verify.) Note: In order to grant credit towards an appointment based on foreign nursing education higher than the associate degree level, formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized degree equivalency evaluation agency accepted by VA such as the International Consultants of Delaware (ICD) must be obtained.
Melody.Laughlin@va.gov · 253-583-1173
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $126857 – $183971/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-26.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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