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Licensed Vocational Nurse Spinal Cord Injury Ward V1
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) is assigned to the V1 ward in Spinal Cord Injury Service at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System (VALBHS). The LVN has the knowledge and ability to provide a full range of vocational nursing care.
What You'll Do
- →Responsibilities and duties include but are not limited to: Performs a full range of nursing procedures such as data collection that contributes to the assessment, vital signs, treatments, and specimen collection in accordance with nursing policies and procedures.
- →These patients may have a variety of physical and/or behavioral issues.
- →Handles, prepares, and administers medications, treatments, and IV fluids in accordance with policies and procedures and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record, observes and evaluates for physical and/or behavioral changes from prescribed medications and treatments.
- →Documents changes in patient's condition and reports these timely to the Registered Nurse and/or provider and initiates appropriate actions.
- →Performs nursing treatments and procedures, which may include blood pressure monitoring, weight measurement, other treatments and procedures may include insertion, care, and removal of urinary catheters, dressing changes on simple wounds, colostomy care, decubitus ulcer care; ear irrigations, enemas, following established policies and procedures.
- →The nurse will complete applicable competency reviews before performing these treatments and procedures.
- →The nurse will complete applicable competency reviews before performing these treatments and procedures.
- →Obtains electrocardiograms on patients as assigned reporting readings to the Registered Nurse and/or provider according to unit level procedures.
- →Completes finger stick blood glucose testing on patients as appropriate and completes mandatory competency reviews.
- →Assures proper completion and filing of original medical documentation and forms in records prior to forwarding to medical records room, ensures the patient completes all necessary forms prior to being seen by the provider.
- →Adheres to policies and guidelines regarding release of patient information.
- →Refers patient to appropriate staff member as required.
- →As required types routine correspondence, progress reports, medical statements, memorandum, and statistical reports using various automation systems and programs.
- →Performs other functions such as entering work orders, tracking of equipment, and timekeeping.
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓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
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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