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Licensed Practical Nurse - VA Community Living Center
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 42 days ago
About the Role
At the Grand Island VA, Licensed Practical Nurses play an essential role in delivering compassionate, hands-on care to Veterans across outpatient, acute, psychiatric, and long-term care settings. Using strong clinical judgment and technical skill, LPNs help Veterans achieve their health goals while contributing to a safe, supportive, and mission-driven environment.
What You'll Do
- →As an LPN at the Grand Island VA, you will provide comprehensive practical nursing care for Veterans in outpatient clinics and other care areas, using sound clinical judgment and a deep understanding of patients' physical, emotional, and social needs.
- →You will work closely with an interdisciplinary team, perform specialized procedures, support diagnostic care, educate Veterans and families, and help maintain a safe and therapeutic environment.
- →Work Schedule: Full-Time, Sunday-Saturday, Rotating holidays and weekends required.
- →Work is scheduled between 5:45 a.m.-6:15 p.m.
- →Additional Pay: Shift Differential - 10% of basic pay for work performed during regularly scheduled hours between 6pm and 6am.
- →Weekend Premium - 25% of basic pay for work performed between the hours of midnight Friday and midnight Sunday.
- →This includes continuous service connected to work performed during these hours.
- →Holiday Pay - 2 times basic hourly rate for regularly scheduled, non-overtime work on a designated holiday.
- →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).
- →Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year).
- →Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
- →Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
- →Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
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: 31e3af04-09a8-4c6a-9203-bb194c8ab5dc
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