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Licensed Practical Nurse- Surgical Specialty Clinic
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
At the Fort Meade VA, Licensed Practical Nurses play a vital role in delivering high-quality care to Veterans across surgical specialty clinics. Here, you will support patient needs, provide hands-on clinical care, and help create an environment centered on dignity, safety, and meaningful service to those who served our nation.
What You'll Do
- →As an LPN at Fort Meade, you will support Veterans receiving ambulatory care in Orthopedics, Podiatry, Urology, and General Surgery.
- →Rooms Veterans by obtaining vital signs, measurements, electrocardiograms, blood glucose, clinical reminders, and reviewing medications and allergies.
- →Provides patient and family education related to health promotion, interventions, and disease processes.
- →Documents patient encounters accurately in the electronic health record.
- →Assists with managing incoming calls, faxes, secure messages, and message managers.
- →Handles, labels, and cares for specimens according to policy and standard operating procedures.
- →Assists with minor clinical procedures, postoperative care, and maintains aseptic technique and sterile fields.
- →Adheres to Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) policies and maintains competencies for assigned specialty tasks.
- →Collaborates with all levels of staff, recognizes emergencies, seeks assistance appropriately, and follows health, safety, and infection control procedures.
- →Maintains compliance with VA directives and guidelines and holds current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- →Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday.
- →Work is scheduled between 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- →Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
- →When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
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.
- ✓You may be required to serve a trial period.
- ✓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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination and/or 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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 33478a2e-1bb8-47e4-a007-8f32f4941693
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