Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care)

Summary
This Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care) position serves the Central Texas VA Health Care System and Ambulatory Care Service at the Palestine VA Clinic. This Primary Care position may be filled with a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care).

Summary
This Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care) position serves the Central Texas VA Health Care System and Ambulatory Care Service at the Palestine VA Clinic. This Primary Care position may be filled with a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care).

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Accepting applications

Open & closing dates
11/13/2025 to 11/12/2026

Benefits & Compensation

$125,604 to - $209,398 per year

Benefits & Compensation

scale & grade
VN 00

Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Palestine, TX

Remote job
No

Telework eligible
No

Travel Required
Not required

Relocation expenses reimbursed
No

Appointment type
Permanent

Work Schedule

Full-time

Service
Excepted

Promotion potential
None

Job family (Series)
0610 Nurse

Supervisory status
No

Security clearance
Other

Drug test
Yes

Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determination process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness

Financial disclosure
No

Bargaining unit status
No

Announcement number
CAZM-12833215-26-KLI
Control number
850054000

This job is open to
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The public
U. S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U. S.
Federal employees - Competitive service
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U. S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and

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scales.
Federal employees - Excepted service
Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules,

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scales and evaluation criteria.
Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency that posted the job announcement.
Clarification from the agency
All qualified candidates encouraged to apply.
NOTE: The 2-page Resume

Requirements

does not apply to this occupational series. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.

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The Nurse Practitioner is a clinical provider that practices within the Rules and Regulations of the Nursing Practice Act of the state of licensure. The Nurse Practitioner collaborates with other disciplines to develop, implement, and coordinate a system of patient care delivery that promotes communication, teamwork, high quality care, patient satisfaction, positive outcomes, appropriate utilization of resources and cost-effective services. The Nurse Practitioner practices general medicine with a focus on community-based outpatient clinical care. The Nurse Practitioner independently follows his/her own panel of general medicine patients, functioning as their primary care provider.

The primary care Nurse Practitioner provides total care of the patient's medical needs by performing history and physical exams, ordering appropriate lab tests, evaluating those tests to ensure quality care of the patient. This will include providing preventative medicine services, managing chronic disease problems and providing outpatient follow-up as needed.

The primary care Nurse Practitioner will ensure that the care is coordinated and communicated to the outpatient. The primary care Nurse Practitioner will provide services as directed to meet the needs of the patient population being served by the medical center. The Nurse Practitioner must be flexible in the work assignments based upon the immediate needs of the service line.

The primary care Nurse Practitioner must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served by the Central Texas Veteran