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Licensed Practical Nurse- VA Community Living Center Hospice Cottage
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 63 days ago
About the Role
This Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) position is located at the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System, VA Community Living Center Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls, SD. The center's mission focuses on delivering compassionate, person-centered care to Veterans who need extended hospital stays and short-term rehabilitation services. In this capacity, the LPN collaborates with a nursing team to support Veterans in achieving optimal comfort during end-of-life care.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Major duties include but are not limited to: Assist with daily cares such as shower/bathing, dressing, ambulating, and feeding.
- →Participate in the evaluation of responses to interventions in the areas of health promotion, wound care, basic physical/psychological/social assessments, support care plans, palliative care, hospice.
- →Prepare and administer medications prescribed by the provider.
- →Prioritize patient care needs, support care plans, seeking assistance and guidance by informing the CLC Registered Nurse or the CLC providers of changes in patient's condition.
- →Perform complex procedures to include catheterizations, peripheral IV insertion, saline flushes in peripheral lines and maintenance of peripheral lines.
- →Assist provider with diagnostic tests and procedures.
- →Collect specimen samples from patients.
- →Recognize and respond to patient emergencies, initiating life saving measures while waiting for help to arrive.
- →Ability to provide Basic Life Support if needed.
- →Document data into the electronic medical record following established guidelines.
- →Mentor lower graded LPNs and unlicensed medical staff.
- →Other duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: Sunday-Saturday, Night Shifts.
- →Rotating holidays and weekends required.
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/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.
- ✓Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 7b77ab2b-f38e-4e00-a565-ca125d977c7a
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