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Licensed Practical Nurse - Cumberland VACC Outpatient
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 124 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
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