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Licensed Practical Nurse
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) serves at the Little Rock or North Little Rock facility and provides complex age-specific nursing care for adult and geriatric patients with physical, mental, behavioral, or psychosocial needs.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties of the LPN include, but are not limited to: Assists with data collection for outpatients and new admissions.
- →Observes, reports and documents signs and symptoms of patient's general condition.
- →Actively contributes to nursing and/or interdisciplinary team conferences, exchanging information about patient needs and condition, and assists in the nursing management of patients with complex problems.
- →Provides direct nursing care to adult and geriatric patients according to nursing standards and CAVHS policy and procedure.
- →Implements established care plans.
- →Evaluates patient's progress based on observed data.
- →Recommends modification to the care and/or treatment plan as needed.
- →Recognizes progress or subtle changes in the patient's behavior and/or physical condition, initiates appropriate action, reports actions..
- →Recognizes and initiates emergency measures consistent with training.
- →Uses identified learning needs to provide patient teaching and documents teaching in the medical record.
- →The LPN is able to identify/apply age specific considerations.
- →Performs such diagnostic procedures such as obtaining vital signs, pain screen, pulse oximetry, bladder scanning, 1&0, heights, weights, fingerstick blood sugars, breathalyzer, and EKGs.
- →Recognizes deviations from normal.
- →Documents and reports results to the registered nurse and/or physician.
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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓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.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 8114f361-31ca-4646-bcec-cf7437b28c85
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