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Practical Nurse (Community Living Center)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 49 days ago
About the Role
The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, MO is currently accepting applications for full-time permanent Licensed Practical Nurse for our Community Living Center (CLC) Unit. Our facility is a Level-3 Complexity medical center comprised of a 38-bed CLC and 10 acute medicine beds. Completed work is under the general supervision of an RN or MD/DO.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Main Duties: Makes observations and thoroughly documents care and the patient's response.
- →Appropriately seeks assistance and guidance by informing RN or medical provider of changes in the patient's condition requiring higher-level intervention.
- →Based on the patient's goals provides patient and family health education, to include self-management, prevention, and wellness.
- →Demonstrates initiative in assisting the PACT team and other multi-disciplinary teams.
- →Serves as an advocate in the protection of patient and family rights.
- →Completes mandatory reviews, including motivational interviewing, to promote patient self-management toward individualized life plan of care.
- →Supports patient-driven care in a safe, efficient, and cost-effective manner, using evidence-based principles.
- →Recognizes and appropriately responds to equipment breakage, malfunction, or loss of equipment, safety hazards, and supply deficiencies.
- →Appropriately utilizes the computer and various computer packages to enter and retrieve electronic data, i.e., CPRS, VISTA, mailman, leave requests, and patient information (progress notes, patient education, etc.).
- →Identifies and participates in process improvement initiatives.
- →Participates in unit level quality improvement activities.
- →Maintains Joint Commission standards related to patient care, (i.e., end of life care, ethics, restraints, patients' rights, informed consent, education, privacy, standards of care, etc.).
- →Completes annual nursing mandatory reviews as well as competencies and continuous learning requirements.
- →Utilizes correct body mechanics and assistive devices and equipment appropriately when providing patient care (i.e., lifting, moving, position, or transferring), to avoid patient or employee injuries.
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 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
Job ID: d64901a3-3ace-431f-83a7-9d1b7117b96e
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