Physiatry/Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Nurse Practitioner

We are seeking a dedicated and highly skilled Nurse Practitioner to join our healthcare team at Camp Lejeune with the Intrepid Spirit Centers Anomalous Health Incidents (AHI). The National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) and Intrepid Spirit Centers (ISCs) are part of a specialized centers dedicated to improving outcomes for service members and families affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI) and related conditions. These centers deliver integrated, evidence-based, and patient-centered care through interdisciplinary teams, while also supporting research and education aligned with the Department of Defense's readiness and resilience priorities. Their model combines TBI rehabilitation, neurological and behavioral health care, integrative medicine, and skills-based training to develop collaborative, individualized treatment plans. In addition, providers use the Anomalous Health Incident Acute Assessment (DHA Form 244) to guide early evaluations of patients exposed to suspected AHIs, a condition still under scientific investigation with symptoms such as dizziness, headaches, hearing loss, and cognitive changes. This role offers an opportunity to work in diverse clinical settings, utilizing advanced skills in medical documentation, EMR systems, and patient education to improve health outcomes.

Schedule:

• Hours of operation are between 6am and 6pm (typically clinical hours are 7am - 4pm).
• Staff members are expected to perform 8- or 10-hour shifts, for a 40-hour work week, Monday through Friday.
• No on-call

Qualifications:

• Degree/Education: Master's or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner. Must be a graduate of 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).
• 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).
• Licensure/Registration: All Nurse Practitioners 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.
• Experience: At least two years of experience providing direct patient care in a clinical setting within the past five years, while privileged as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Certifications:
• Basic Life Certification (BLS)
• All APN 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.

Duties

• Implement and adapts medical theories and technologies, paralleling the latest advancements in scientific evidence, medical initiatives, and evolving healthcare technologies.
• Analyze epidemiological, biostatistical, environmental, and other appropriate scientific data, related to individual, aggregated, and population health. Reflect the growing significance of evidence-based practice, evidence-based interventions, and population-based chronic care management.
• Critically appraise existing medical literature/journals to determine and implement the optimal evidence for patient care plan.
• Assess acute and non-acute clinical problems. Obtain and records a problem-oriented health history; orders and interprets related laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Perform a systematic physical examination and interprets abnormal and normal findings to form a diagnosis regarding physical, emotional, or social disabilities.
• Utilize experimental theories and new developments in the solution of complex health care problems, not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods.
• Prescribe medication, initiates emergency care, as appropriate.
• Conduct interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary collaboration with physicians regarding patient management, to include evaluating and revising therapeutic plans and managing high-risk, unstable, or extremely complex patients.
• Initiate and implements strategies to evaluate outcomes of practice, practice patterns, and systems of care against National benchmarks. Services as associate in design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of healthcare and clinical research.
• Complete training to obtain knowledge and maintain competency in the following systems: MHS Genesis, Dragon dictation software, and Microsoft Office programs.
• Document and close notes in MHS Genesis within three (3) business days of patient encounters.
• Respond to beneficiary messages submitted and received in the MHS Genesis secure portal systems within one (1) business day.

We are seeking a dedicated and highly skilled Nurse Practitioner to join our healthcare team at Camp Lejeune with the Intrepid Spirit Centers Anomalous Health Incidents (AHI). The National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) and Intrepid Spirit Centers (ISCs) are part of a specialized centers dedicated to improving outcomes for service members and families affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI) and related conditions. These centers deliver integrated, evidence-based, and patient-centered care through interdisciplinary teams, while also supporting research and education aligned with the Department of Defense's readiness and resilience priorities. Their model combines TBI rehabilitation, neurological and behavioral health care, integrative medicine, and skills-based training to develop collaborative, individualized treatment plans. In addition, providers use the Anomalous Health Incident Acute Assessment (DHA Form 244) to guide early evaluations of patients exposed to suspected AHIs, a condition still under scientific investigation with symptoms such as dizziness, headaches, hearing loss, and cognitive changes. This role offers an opportunity to work in diverse clinical settings, utilizing advanced skills in medical documentation, EMR systems, and patient education to improve health outcomes.

Schedule:

• Hours of operation are between 6am and 6pm (typically clinical hours are 7am - 4pm).
• Staff members are expected to perform 8- or 10-hour shifts, for a 40-hour work week, Monday through Friday.
• No on-call

Qualifications:

• Degree/Education: Master's or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner. Must be a graduate of 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).
• 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).
• Licensure/Registration: All Nurse Practitioners 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.
• Experience: At least two years of experience providing direct patient care in a clinical setting within the past five years, while privileged as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Certifications:
• Basic Life Certification (BLS)
• All APN 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.

Duties

• Implement and adapts medical theories and technologies, paralleling the latest advancements in scientific evidence, medical initiatives, and evolving healthcare technologies.
• Analyze epidemiological, biostatistical, environmental, and other appropriate scientific data, related to individual, aggregated, and population health. Reflect the growing significance of evidence-based practice, evidence-based interventions, and population-based chronic care management.
• Critically appraise existing medical literature/journals to determine and implement the optimal evidence for patient care plan.
• Assess acute and non-acute clinical problems. Obtain and records a problem-oriented health history; orders and interprets related laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Perform a systematic physical examination and interprets abnormal and normal findings to form a diagnosis regarding physical, emotional, or social disabilities.
• Utilize experimental theories and new developments in the solution of complex health care problems, not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods.
• Prescribe medication, initiates emergency care, as appropriate.
• Conduct interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary collaboration with physicians regarding patient management, to include evaluating and revising therapeutic plans and managing high-risk, unstable, or extremely complex patients.
• Initiate and implements strategies to evaluate outcomes of practice, practice patterns, and systems of care against National benchmarks. Services as associate in design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of healthcare and clinical research.
• Complete training to obtain knowledge and maintain competency in the following systems: MHS Genesis, Dragon dictation software, and Microsoft Office programs.
• Document and close notes in MHS Genesis within three (3) business days of patient encounters.
• Respond to beneficiary messages submitted and received in the MHS Genesis secure portal systems within one (1) business day.

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