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Licensed Practical Nurse
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 125 days ago
About the Role
You will serve as the Licensed Practical Nurse with the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System located in Seattle, Washington.
What You'll Do
- →Provide nursing expertise in preventative screening, managing clinic flow, and data collection.
- →Perform simple diagnostic procedures such as bladder scanning, EKGS, prepare patients for dermatologic biopsies.
- →Assist with minor procedures as needed depending on specialty.
- →Accept delegation within scope of practice for tasks related to care coordination, procedures, and treatments.
- →Demonstrate understanding of age - and population - specific characteristics that affect the health care needs of the veteran.
- →Collect patient data including observations of patient status (i.e. vital signs, oxygen saturation, medication reconciliation, etc.).
- →Administer vaccines, and specialty injections as needed.
- →Recognize subtle and significant changes in the patient in response to nursing care and communicating changes in condition/response to team.
- →Recognize urgent or emergent patient care situations, effectively intervene, and seek Registered Nurse (RN)/provider assistance for those requiring higher-level intervention.
- →Provide care to patients/clients appropriate to their cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation.
- →Maintain appropriate boundaries in the nurse/ Veteran relationship by not obtaining personal gain at Veterans' expense and refrain from appropriate involvement in the Veterans' personal relationships.
- →Comply to external reviewer standards, policies, procedures, standards of care, standards of practice, patient centered care guidelines, and cultural transformation.
- →Document and retrieve patient/clinical information using electronic medical records.
- →Observe patient for adverse effects from medication and reports to the team Registered Nurse (RN).
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment medical 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.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: ec6e9558-35b9-49ac-870b-73c6a13d3347
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