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Licensed Practical Nurse
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 8 days ago
About the Role
The incumbent will practice as a member of the nursing team within the Community Living Center (CLC) and demonstrates knowledge and ability to provide full range of practical nursing care to residents with a variety of physical and/or behavioral challenges. They will serve as a responsible member of the nursing team and interact in an appropriate manner with patients, family members, interdisciplinary team members and other supportive personnel involved in the delivery of patient care.
What You'll Do
- →Clinical supervision is provided by a registered nurse, physician, or other provider.
- →Responsible for completing focused data collection by the utilization of all clinical reminders as outlined in the clinical guidelines standing order policy.
- →Duties may include, but are not limited to: Responsible for performing pre visit phone calls to prepare the patient for the upcoming appointment by reviewing with the patient any needed information to provide an efficient clinic visit for both the patient and provider.
- →Must be able to maintain clinic workflow by ensuring patients are screened in a timely manner and assistance is provided to other teams when needed.
- →Ability to provide coordination of care after the appointment with the provider, when necessary.
- →Ability to utilize health coaching during pre-visit phone calls or clinic visits to guide patients to identify or achieve patient-driven goals.
- →Ability to provide data collection from unscheduled patients and telephone calls, when necessary.
- →Responsible for contributing to the secure messaging process and appropriately forwarding messages as needed.
- →Ability to provide patient and family health education; including self-management, prevention, and wellness.
- →Must be able to interact and communicate appropriately with patients utilizing motivational interviewing or health coaching.
- →Responsible for completing focused data collection by the utilization of all clinical reminders as outlined in the clinical guidelines standing order policy.
- →Responsible for performing pre-visit phone calls to prepare the patient for the upcoming appointment by reviewing with the patient any needed information to provide an efficient clinic visit for both the patient and provider.
- →Must be able to maintain clinic workflow by ensuring patients are screened in a timely manner and assistance is provided to other teams when needed.
- →Ability to utilize health coaching during pre-visit phone calls or clinic visits to guide patients to identify or achieve patient-driven goals.
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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