CBOC APRN Medical Director

This Nurse Practitioner, CBOC APRN Medical Director position is located within Primary Care Service. The Administrative Office is located at the Jamaica Plain hospital campus. Travel is required to all VA Boston CBOC campuses including Framingham, Lowell, Plymouth and Quincy. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.

This is a multidisciplinary posting for Physicians and Nurse Practitioners. To apply for the Physician posting, please apply through announcement: CBTD-12961568-26-TMB.

Qualifications:

Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) Basic Requirements

• Education: A post-master's certificate or master's or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner. (Applicants pending the completion of educational requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until the education requirements are met.) Must be a graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant:
  • The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or
  • The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
  • NOTE: Foreign Education. Graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing programs, the nurse practitioner degree equivalency must be validated through an Agency recognized degree equivalency evaluation agency, such as the International Consultants of Delaware (ICD). Candidates with equivalent nurse practitioner masters or doctorate level degrees who possess current, full, active, and unrestricted registration and certification will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant appointment.
• License and Certification:
  • License. All APN (NPs) must possess and maintain an active, current, full, and unrestricted APN license to practice as an NP in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
  • Basic Certification. All APN (NPs) must maintain full and current board certification in an area of clinical specialty from one of the following: the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB), or other nationally recognized certifying body in the area in which the Nurse Practitioner is academically prepared.

NOTE: Grandfathering Provision - All persons currently employed in VHA in 0610 series and an APN (NP) assignment that are also performing the duties as described in the qualification standard on the effective date of the standard (1/29/2024) are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade held including positive education and licensure/certification.
Physical Requirements: All applicants must be physically able to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position.

Responsibilities:

The Medical Director is responsible for ensuring that excellent, high-quality care is provided to our Veteran population in Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Plymouth, Quincy, Framingham, and Lowell. These four practices total 24 providers for > 8000 patients. This full-time position includes approximately 51% clinical time and 49% administrative time. This person will be the Medical Director for the five VA Boston Community Based Outpatient Clinics. There is no call, and no weekend or holiday duty.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working as a member of the management team to provide oversight of practice management including direct provider supervision, operational issues and clinical performance.
• The Medical Director will have clinical time at one of the clinics above, providing longitudinal care to a panel of medically complex and diverse patients.
• Developing local educational initiatives for providers and trainees.
• Implementing clinical quality improvement initiatives.

The VA utilizes a national electronic medical record and is known for delivering high quality, evidence-based care within a culture of continuous improvement. The Primary Care Service at VA Boston Healthcare System is leading the VHA's initiative in the Whole Health System of care which includes conventional treatment but also focuses on self-empowerment, self-healing, and self-care. The Whole Health System approach is informed by evidence-based research and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing.VA Boston Healthcare System offers teaching opportunities for both medical students and medical residents in the inpatient and outpatient arenas. Academic accomplishments will be commensurate with academic appointment at the Instructor or Assistant Professor level at Harvard Medical School or Boston University School of Medicine.

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: Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4pm; compressed tours are not authorized
Telework: AdHoc only when needed
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized

Notifications:

• Current or former employees must submit copies of their most recent Sf-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• This position is in the Excepted Service.
• Veterans preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
• Will be subject to satisfactory completion of our credentialing process.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Salary : $165,540