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Licensed Practical Nurse - PACT
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 14 days ago
About the Role
The Kansas City VA Medical Center is recruiting for two (2) Licensed Practical Nurses to join the Primary Care team at the following locations: Kansas City VA Medical Center location in Kansas City, MO Excelsior Springs VA Clinic located in Excelsior Springs, MO NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Major duties include, but not limited to: Providing extended and intensive pastoral counseling as an integral part of the treatment program with patients facing complex, ethical, moral, and spiritual issues.
- →Ensuring program effectiveness and modification of service pattern, which includes research and leadership of clinical teams.
- →Serving as a Chaplain representative and a fully recognized member of an interdisciplinary treatment team (IDT).
- →Advising and collaborating with other members of the IDT to provide comprehensive healthcare services to Veterans.
- →Working with a full understanding of Chaplains' relationships to the objectives of VHA to successfully integrate the work of the medical facility's staff.
- →Maintaining effective rapport with physicians, medical officers, psychologists, nurses, therapists, social workers, or others involved with the IDT.
- →Providing leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs.
- →Conducting comprehensive religious services and worship, pastoral ministry, and administration of Chaplain services.
- →Leading various complex and sensitive projects, task groups, and assignments to obtain pertinent high-level information needed for Chaplain Service management officials.
- →Engaging as a spiritual leader, a compassionate listener, and counselor, especially during times of crisis.
- →Providing emotional support and counseling using empathy and strong interpersonal skills to effectively connect with people of all ages.
- →Providing thorough spiritual leadership, offers prayers, and provides overall religious services for Veteran patients, patient families, staff, and community.
- →Conducting regular rounds of hospital wards where patients are critically ill.
- →Building strong interpersonal relationships with patients and ensures all patients are provided opportunities for the free exercise of religion.
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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