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Surgical Specialty Licensed Practical Nurse
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The Surgical Specialty Licensed Practical Nurse is responsible for surgical and non-surgical patient care and works in collaboration with others. The LPN provides post-op are, wound care, or any other nursing interventions as permitted by the governing licensing authorities and/or the Veteran Health Administration. Training and maintaining competency in set up and break down of minor procedures in mandatory. The Specialty LPN enters orders for labs, supplies, and prosthetic items as permitted.
What You'll Do
- →** Recruitment/Relocation incentive-may be paid to a Highly Qualified candidate** Duties include but not limited to: Successfully and consistently demonstrates the exercise of independent technical judgement (without the need for readily available supervision) as well as comprehensive and thorough working knowledge of the most complex or difficult practices and procedures.
- →Such individuals may also serve as leaders or co-leaders in a nursing unit or for a specifically identified group of Veterans.
- →Demonstrates ability to assist RN and/or Provider to appropriately prioritize overall Veteran care needs and adjust plans for care delivery.
- →Completed work should only need very limited review by a registered nurse (RN) or Provider for appropriateness and conformity with established standards of practice, policies, and procedures.
- →Demonstrates the ability to proactively assist the RN and/or Provider in addressing Veteran's needs for medication/treatments, accurately administering prescribed medications/treatments according to established policies/procedures and appropriately recording administration and Veteran's response to medications/treatments received.
- →This may include restricted medication locally authorized for administration by employees at this grade level.
- →Appropriately seeks assistance and guidance by informing RN and/or Provider of more subtle physical and emotional changes in Veteran's conditions requiring higher-level intervention and demonstrate taking appropriate action based on those observations.
- →Demonstrates a broad knowledge of the Veteran treatment process and exercises judgement that demonstrates the ability to effectively intervene when appropriate.
- →At this grade level, the LPN is expected to participate to a greater degree in prioritizing and as appropriate, modifying patient care treatment.
- →Possesses knowledge and demonstrates skills to promptly recognize potential urgent or emergent Veteran care situations, seeks assistance of the RN and/or Provider for appropriate team intervention, and effectively intervenes as directed, to assure the continuation of optimal, safe and therapeutic Veteran care delivery.
- →Demonstrates the knowledge and ability to readily recognize the more subtle signs and symptoms of potential or actual drug reactions, promptly informs the RN and/or Provider of observed changes in Veterans' condition and initiates appropriate, prescribed interventions.
- →Makes astute observations of subtle, less obvious changes, both physical and emotional, in Veteran's condition, and accurately and thoroughly documents care delivered and Veteran's response to care that could require immediate modification of the Veteran's care plan.
- →Assists individuals or groups of Veterans, families, and/or caregivers to take an active role in promoting healthy lifestyles for more positive Veteran outcomes.
- →Exercises skill in influencing and communicating with unusually difficult to care for or communicate with Veterans, families, and /or caregivers who may exhibit problems with lac of self control, resistant or abusive behaviors, or impediments in their ability to understand or follow instructions.
Requirements
- ✓Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓English Language Proficiency.
- ✓In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
- ✓Education - Graduate of a school of practical or vocational nursing approved by the appropriate State agency and/or accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) at the time the program was completed by the applicant.
- ✓Exceptions include: Health care education in the military service or training in the military service which is accepted by the licensing body in the jurisdiction in which the individual is licensed as qualifying for full LPN/LVN licensure will be accepted as meeting the education requirements for VHA employment.
- ✓OR Current GS-0620 LPN/LVN employee of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) who was converted to an appointment under 38 U.S.C. 7401(3) in implementation of Public Law 98-160, enacted November 21, 1983, or who was converted to an appointment under 38 U.S.C. 7405 in implementation of Public Law 99-576, enacted October 28, 1986.
- ✓OR Individual granted a license by a jurisdiction that does not require graduation from an approved school.
- ✓Licensure - Active, full, current and unrestricted licensure as a Graduate Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurse in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico), of the United States or the District of Columbia.
Personality Fit
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