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Licensed Practical Nurse - Night Shift
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 days ago
About the Role
This position posting is for a Licensed Practical Nurse with Community Living Center at the Saginaw, MI VA Medical Center. This position is intermittent for the night shift.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include, but are limited to: Obtains and records objective and subjective data relevant to a historical biopsychosocial profile (e.g., temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, I & 0).
- →Administers influenza, pneumococcal and tetanus and adult vaccinations per protocol.
- →Refers patients to appropriate resources (dietary, social work, smoking cessations, etc.) after screening/reminders completed.
- →Identifies and reports any patient problems based on his/her objective observations.
- →Collaborates with the Registered Nurse (RN) so the RN can in development and make modification of nursing care.
- →Contributes to overall interdisciplinary care plans.
- →Initiates and implements measures to ensure a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.
- →Provides for patient safety.
- →Administers treatments and caries out orders prescribed and written by the provider as they relate to providing nursing care to the patient(s).
- →Performs support duties for diagnostic procedures including preparing the patient, assisting in the diagnostic examination and monitoring the patient's condition before, during, and after procedures.
- →Sets up and assists in operation of special equipment (i.e., Stryker frame, gastric suction, wound vac, life devices, bladder scan).
- →Assists in orienting staff in the use of this equipment.
- →Assists in the coordination of patient care activities with other departments/services.
- →Provides input for discharge planning.
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: d64bf455-35ca-49b0-811d-31bece84eda5
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