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Practical Nurse
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 56 days ago
About the Role
This Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) position is located within the VA Community Living Center (CLC) at Wilmington VA Medical Center, Wilmington, DE. The LPN assigned to the CLC is an active member of a multidisciplinary healthcare team that provides care to Veterans at the Wilmington VAMC. The GS-7 LPN must demonstrate an exceptional degree of practical nursing knowledge and skills necessary for concentrated effort and self-direction to provide care for a medically complex Veteran population.
What You'll Do
- →The CLC LPN is accountable for delivering resident care to the adult/geriatric resident population with varying diagnoses and treatments.
- →He/she carries out assignments under the direction and supervision of the registered nurse.
- →The LPN exercises judgment within the scope of training and experience.
- →The work involves a sequence of duties requiring the employee to set priorities and determine the proper nursing procedures.
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Prepare and administer prescribed medications (oral, topical, subcutaneous, Intramuscular, and/or intravenous) and performs treatments according to established policies/procedures.
- →The LPN/L VN observes for physical and/or emotional changes in patient's health condition, which may include prescribed medications/treatments, to promptly and accurately documenting identified changes, and reporting any deviations from normal to RN/HCP.
- →Promote and demonstrate nursing concepts in the Medical Center.
- →Works in collaboration with the Registered Nurse (RN), and or Health Care Provider (HCP).
- →Support the team in monitoring the practice of unlicensed nursing staff or non-medical staff to ensure safe patient care delivery.
- →Function independently as the Team Leader, with limited supervision of the charge nurse, for a designated group of residents.
- →May assist with charge nurse responsibilities in the Community Living Center.
- →Perform nursing care to the unit's Veterans, including all aspects of personal care and grooming and perform rehabilitative and restorative nursing care as applicable.
- →Independently provide accurate observations and documentation for new admissions, post-procedures, immediate post-operative, post-traumatic, and/or unstable residents.
- →Take appropriate action in emergent situations both physical and behavioral.
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
Job ID: 47a9498c-d69e-42cc-987c-372bac9ef90b
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