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Licensed Vocational Nurse - Emergency Department - Intermittent
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 57 days ago
About the Role
The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System is recruiting four Intermittent Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) for the West Los Angeles campus. LVNs provide safe, patient-centered nursing care, perform technical nursing duties, and support the interdisciplinary healthcare team in delivering quality care to Veterans. Intermittent employees do not have a regular recurring schedule, and work hours vary week to week based on service needs.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Licensed Practical Nurse: https://youtube.com/embed/Ae85IP1Oiz4 Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Patient Care Perform focused nursing assessments and promptly report changes in patient condition, abnormal findings, pain levels, and concerns to the Registered Nurse (RN) and/or licensed provider.
- →Obtain, monitor, document, and communicate vital signs, oxygen saturation, blood glucose levels, pain assessments, weights, and other patient data.
- →Provide direct patient care, including assistance with activities of daily living, hygiene, positioning, mobility, comfort measures, and skin integrity support.
- →Collect specimens and assist with diagnostic testing according to established policies and procedures.
- →Monitor patient responses to treatments and promptly report changes in condition.
- →Assist the RN and healthcare team during urgent and emergent situations, including resuscitation, trauma care, and airway management support.
- →Clinical Procedures Perform clinical procedures within the LVN scope of practice and validated competencies, including EKGs, wound care, dressing changes, Foley catheter insertion and removal, and point-of-care testing.
- →Perform phlebotomy and initiate IV access when competency validated and authorized by facility policy.
- →Administer medications through approved routes under RN and/or provider supervision, monitor for therapeutic and adverse effects, and document administration accurately.
- →Prepare treatment rooms with necessary equipment and supplies to support efficient patient care.
- →Emergency Department Operations Assist with triage by obtaining initial vital signs, collecting patient information, and preparing patients for provider evaluation.
- →Support patient flow by assisting with admissions, transfers, discharges, and patient transport.
- →Assist in the care and monitoring of behavioral health patients by implementing safety precautions, supporting de-escalation, and maintaining one-to-one observation as directed.
- →Maintain readiness of emergency equipment and supplies, including crash carts, airway equipment, trauma supplies, splints, and PPE.
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
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