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Licensed Practical Nurse - Patient Aligned Care Team
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 62 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Assists with patient care problems and deviations in accordance with VA Nursing Practice and LPN licensure standards.
- →Maintains knowledge and skill to care for a wide range of patients, including those with chronic and acute illness.
- →Demonstrates comprehensive understanding of disease conditions, nursing principles, and standards/practices to coordinate nursing care required in the clinic setting and alter the sequence and/or care delivered to meet individual patient's needs.
- →Triages, records, and reports vital signs, weight, and blood glucose levels.
- →Appropriately prioritizes patient needs as routine, urgent, or emergent in the clinical setting and contributes to the Veteran's patient care/treatment as needed.
- →Check's patients into the clinic, interviews patient and/or significant other, and documents intake data as per policy.
- →Possesses comprehensive knowledge of VA protocols and VHA directives related to clinic management, documentation, and computer technology.
- →Demonstrates knowledge, skill, and ability to promptly recognize and effectively intervene in potentially urgent or emergent situations.
- →Completes Clinical Reminders to meet the changing needs of the patient with notification to the RN or provider for concurrence.
- →Serves as a resource for complex/specialized procedures (i.e., non-complex suture/staple removal, noncomplex wound care, blood draws, and clinic specific procedures, such as ear irrigation).
- →Performs venipuncture for blood draws, prepares specimens for transport and processing (centrifuge and serum separation), accessions of labels, provides patient education about lab tests, etc.
- →Assist with education of patients and family's principles of health, self-care, and treatments related to wellness and health promotion.
- →Participates in selection of appropriate teaching materials to instruct patients on equipment, medications, disease processes, weight management, diet, and smoking cessation.
- →Collaborates with the PACT team and other interdisciplinary services in the development, implementation, and evaluation of patient care.
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 examination.
- ✓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
Job ID: 9d285287-5e47-4f77-8714-d72dcba9a806
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