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Practical Nurse - Wyoming Specialty Clinic
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
About the Role
The Battle Creek VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Licensed Practical Nurse to join the Wyoming VA Clinic Specialty Team. The Licensed Practical Nurse will function under Ambulatory Care Nursing Service.
What You'll Do
- →Nursing care duties are performed in a variety of settings, primarily within the Medical Center.
- →Work involves regular and recurring exposure to infection and transmittal diseases and ordinary risks and discomforts requiring incidence of unpredictable, assault behavior, unintentional related to confused, disoriented patients and/or patients with psychiatric disorders/history.
- →Nursing care performed comprises a segment of nursing care and contributes to the delivery of health care and the recovery of the patient.
- →Work consists of personal nursing care duties, treatments, diagnostic support, recording, patient teaching and rehabilitation.
- →Recurring duties are carried out independently and employee is able to vary basic procedures to meet the individual needs and capabilities of the patient.
- →Follows safe practices and procedures to guard patient and personal safety as well as the safety of other individuals in the Medical Center.
- →Provides various support functions as directed including, but not limited to, providing information on where patients are located, recording and maintaining unit records and obtaining all necessary monitor supplies.
- →Performs Alarm check per policy.
- →Technically proficient in initiating, performing and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable patient population.
- →Knowledge and ability to appropriately carry out assigned patient care based on the patients' conditions; to use judgment in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments; and to accurately recognize report and record relevant patient information.
- →Ability to observe, identify and respond to the patient's needs for care, including medication, equipment assisted care and patient/family education.
- →Is consistently aware and responsive to special needs arising from the age and/or cultural needs of patients cared for, treated or served.
- →Prepares and administers selected medications (oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular and/or intravenous) and performs treatments according to established policies/procedures.
- →Knowledge and ability to recognize urgent or emergent patient care situations, seek assistance of RN and/or MD/DO, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed.
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 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: 25a8ed48-8c7e-414b-ade0-cf7fbec8d180
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