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Licensed Practical Nurse or Vocational Nurse
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 8 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Southeastern Region, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 16), Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS), Nursing Service, New Orleans, Louisiana. The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) works under the guidance of a Registered Nurse and or medical staff physician/provider. The LPN functions as an effective member of the clinical team.
What You'll Do
- →If you are not a current, permanent VA employee or Federal employee from another agency, you should apply to VIN# 12965228 Provide comfort measures and activities of daily living during clinic visits.
- →Perform the following procedures: takes digital photos, performs complex- dressing changes, wound management, urostomy, ileostomy, and colostomy care, tracheal and nasopharyngeal suction, supra pubic catheter care, designated urological procedures, and specialized dermatological procedures.
- →Insertion of indwelling/intermittent catheters.
- →Collection of laboratory specimens (urine, blood, culture and sensitivity). -Assist with specialized outpatient exams during gynecological, otolaryngeal and ophthalmology visits.
- →Perform tonometry and visual screening acuity measurements.
- →Maintain and determine an adequate supply of medications and supplies.
- →Perform clinical intake, preventive medicine screening, pain education and allergy screening and document adverse reactions.
- →Provide tracheotomy care including suctioning, cleaning, and change of inner cannula, cuff deflation, and dressing changes.
- →Assist with patient teaching, using approved guidelines.
- →Document on appropriate forms and/or in CPRS and refer veterans or caregiver to the social worker, dietician or other members of the team as requested or needed.
- →Determine subjective and objective symptoms that require referral to the RN or provider for intervention.
- →Assist the RN with the coordination of home care and post clinic visits, contacting outside agencies for reports or follow-up care at external facilities.
- →Communicate and document irregularities or variances in nursing policies/procedures and standards that require clinical intervention.
- →Interview family, patient or significant others re: patient illness or descriptions of illness and needs.
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: a3a2497d-8341-4c99-b4d3-84b461d6bae9
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