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Licensed Practical Nurse - Cumberland VACC Outpatient
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
This Licensed Practical Nurse position is located at the Cumberland County VA Clinic in Mechanicsburg, PA. The primary purpose of this position is to perform a very wide range of patient personal care, support diagnostic services, and chart activities on a regular and continual basis on a surgical, medical, rehabilitation, psychiatric, or long-term care ward or clinic. The incumbent performs duties in such a way as to promote a sense of worth and dignity within each individual.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Checks to see that patients are present for appointments.
- →Prepares patients for treatments and examinations and positions them as required.
- →This will involve placing patient on examining table and chairs and exposing area to be observed and/or treated by the physician.
- →Observes patients for any immediate needs and gives prompt attention or seeks help as necessary.
- →This can be of an emergent nature or relate to the immediate comfort of the patient.
- →Participates in nursing in-service educational programs.
- →Takes vital signs, weights, collects specimens, and makes other pertinent observations specific to the primary care area.
- →Sets up the examination rooms by providing necessary instruments and supplies, seeing that the area and equipment are aseptically clean and in order, assuring that patient charts, x-rays, and consults are available.
- →Assists physicians by supplying needed equipment providing information such as vital signs, weights, observations, and information obtained from the patient.
- →Assures smooth clinic operations by directing the patient to appropriate areas.
- →Inventories, orders, and restocks needed linen and supplies.
- →Reports equipment in need of repair.
- →Detects and reports unsafe work conditions.
- →Assures orderliness and cleanliness of all storage and work areas.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
Job ID: d294bf76-76df-400e-842d-ba3be7367b76
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