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Practical Nurse
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
On-site Rainbow City, AL $50K – $77K Apply by Sep 29, 2026 Practical Nurse ESFJISFJISFPISTJ Healthcare
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This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include, however, not limited: Manages patient care problems and deviations using self-direction in accordance with VA Nursing Practice and LPN licensure standards.
- →Demonstrates comprehensive understanding of disease conditions, nursing principles, and standards/practices to coordinate nursing care required in the clinic setting and alter the sequence and/or care delivered to meet individual patient's needs.
- →Assesses, records, and reports vital signs, neurological signs, weight, and blood glucose levels.
- →Checks patients into the clinic, interviews patient and/or significant other, and documents intake data as per policy.
- →Maintains and implements knowledge of anatomy and physiology as well as scientific principles underlying nursing care and procedures.
- →Provides high quality nursing care using traditional and non-traditional modalities.
- →Serves as a resource for complex/specialized procedures (i.e. non-complex suture removal, non-complex wound care, blood draws, and clinic specific procedures, such as ear irrigation).
- →Performs venipuncture for blood draws, prepares specimens for transport and processing (centrifuge and serum separation), transcribes orders, accessions label, provides patient education about lab tests, etc.
- →Demonstrates knowledge of standard precautions, medical asepsis, and sterile technique with the ability to correctly apply these principles and techniques and assist others with implementation in the clinic setting.
- →Collaborates with the PACT team and other interdisciplinary services in the development, implementation, and evaluation of patient care.
- →Serves in a leadership role within the PACT team to promote holistic care and optimize clinic efficiency.
- →Assists other staff to improve and advance their practical nursing practice as appropriate.
- →Serves as a resource person for frequently used equipment in the clinic setting and utilizes appropriate protocol for equipment repair and maintenance.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30AM-4:00PM or 8:00AM-4:30PM, Intermittent 48hrs/Month.
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 evaluation/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
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