Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

Duties

• This Nurse Practitioner - Pain Management Opioid Safety and Prescription Drug Monitoring Coordinator (PMOP) position is located in Specialty Care Service at the Togus - ME location
• This position is full-time at 40 hours per week
• NOTE: This recruitment will result in the hiring of one of the following disciplines: Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant To apply to the Physician Assistant recruitment use the following link: USAJOBS - Job Announcement Included but are not limited to: Working in close collaboration with the VISN PMOP Coordinator - Facility Pain POC - Primary Care (PACT) Pain Champion - Academic Detailing pharmacists - the Pain Management Team (PMT)/Pain Clinic team members - and other facility stakeholders
• Supporting a high functioning Pain Committee that includes stakeholders from across the facility - and supporting subcommittees - task forces/work groups as indicated
• Developing processes/procedures to ensure implementation and compliance with national policy related to pain management - opioid safety and risk mitigation strategies - Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) - management of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) - initiatives in compliance with national policy - clinical practice guidelines - and regulatory requirements
• Supporting OSI reviews - data-based risk reviews for opioid-exposed patients (including Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM) data-based reviews) - and other interdisciplinary pain care forums
• Supporting and tracking full implementation of the Stepped Care Model for Pain Management (SCM-PM) - including a high functioning PMT/Pain Clinic at the facility - and access to tertiary pain center within the VISN including a CARF-accredited interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation program
• Facilitating implementation of the OUD stepped care model within the facility - in particular for Step 1 of the Stepped Care for Opioid Use Disorder Train-the-Trainer (SCOUTT) program expansion - e.g. - within PMTs/Pain Clinics
• Supporting access to tertiary advanced diagnostic and therapeutic interventional pain care modalities
• Supporting access to integrative health modalities
• Supporting and facilitating veteran outreach events - inclusive of women's health initiatives for pain management
• Identifying opioid safety improvement and risk mitigation opportunities for facility leadership and developing strategic planning efforts in accordance with VA policy - inclusive of - but not limited to PDMP compliance - urine drug screening - and establishing population management processes for targeted risk mitigation
• Collaborating to evaluate acute pain care prescribing and processes at the facility and leading improvement opportunities
• Tracking facility level dashboards regarding pain management - opioid safety - and PDMP - including key parameters such as access - productivity - workload - and staffing
• Measuring and reporting quality and compliance outcomes related to pain management - opioid safety - and PDMP
• Partnering with Academic Detailing and other stakeholders to monitor and disseminate best clinical practices related to PMOP initiatives
• The Facility PMOP coordinator is expected to be involved in clinical pain care delivery at their facility equivalent to 20% of their time
• Work Schedule: Full-Time - Monday to Friday - 8:00a.m
• - 4:30p.m
• Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• EDRP Authorized: Contact Jaime Perez Jr Jaime.Perez3@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
• Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Notifications: This is a Bargaining Unit Position This position is in the Excepted Service Current and former Federal 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 covered by a special rate 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 VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards