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Licensed Practical Nurse
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 122 days ago
On-site La Grande, OR $48K – $82K Apply by Jun 11, 2026 Practical Nurse ESFJISFJ Customer SuccessHealthcare
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The primary purpose of the Licensed Practical/License Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN) is to perform assigned duties in a manner that promotes quality health care, positive customer service and the maintenance of an environment committed to serving the veteran. The LPN/LVN also performs assigned duties in a manner that promotes quality health care, outstanding customer service, and the maintenance of an environment committed to serving the veteran.
What You'll Do
- →Ensure appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patients assigned to the patient panel.
- →Function at the full extent of the team member's scope of practice based on experience/training.
- →Participate in team performance improvement and sustainment activities to enhance care delivery.
- →Implement primary care operations management processes as appropriate; access, Veteran centered care, Life Goal, etc.
- →Manage communications and facilitate safe transitions of the Veteran between the PACT and other health care settings using warm hand-off communication either in person or by telephone.
- →Use informal/formal communications that are respectful, effective, and timely with all team members and other internal/external customers to convey significant information for the care of the patient.
- →Provide health education on wellness, disease prevention, chronic care management and self-management skills to patients and personal support persons, based on the documented expertise or professional training of the PACT member.
- →Engage patients in using health care, encouraging patients to engage personal support persons, receiving input from patients and personal support persons regarding VA care.
- →Utilize all available tools, such as registries, to enable effective and efficient identification and intervention of individual patients and cohorts.
- →Collaborate with informatics technology staff to develop and implement systematized, electronically supported, standardized, tools to support PACT care delivery processes (e.g., pre-visit reminder calls, post-hospitalization follow-up calls, recall scheduling procedures, new patient orientation, disease registries and primary care protocols for chronic disease management) as needed.
- →Follows medical center policies.
- →Promotes patient and personal safety.
- →Completes TEACH for Success training and Motivational Interview training.
- →Provides ideal customer service to all Veterans.
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.
- ✓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
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