Practical Nurse- Primary Care

Licensed Practical Nurse- The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) performs assigned duties in a manner that promotes quality health care, positive customer service and the maintenance of an environment committed to serving the Veteran. The LPN also performs assigned duties in a manner that promotes quality health care, outstanding customer service, and the maintenance of an environment committed to serving the Veteran. The LPN is considered a novice and performs within this functional statement under close supervision of the Nurse Manager or designee. Assigned tasks require basic technical competence and skill.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Demonstrates knowledge of practical nursing care exercising judgment in planning and intervention, requiring supervision to provide a practical knowledge of human body structure, sterile techniques, and procedures.
• Cares for Veterans in accordance with established nursing procedures, standards of care, and plan of care.
• Completes work under the close supervision of an RN or Provider. May require routine or detailed higher level review depending on the complexity of Veteran care.
• Managing clinic workflow. Ensuring intakes are conducted in a timely manner and providing direction to patients as they await their appointments.
• Assist in panel management and access through daily huddling and weekly scrubbing, reviewing scheduled appointments.
• Demonstrates technical competence to prepare, administer, and appropriately document Veteran education of medications, and nursing actions taken for commonly prescribed oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and/or intravenous medications as permitted by approved local facility policies and procedures.
• Completes education, training, and competency (when required) to perform with guidance and supervision a range of diagnostic support duties which may include but not limited to EKG, bladder scan, ear irrigations, wound care, doppler, pulse oximetry, weights, and other procedures requested by provider within LPN scope of practice.
• Demonstrates technical competence in phlebotomy and Point of Care Testing (POCT) where offered.
• Complete education, training, and competency (when required) to perform and participate with guidance and supervision Telehealth activities which may include VA Video Connect (VVC), Store & Forward, Clinical Video Telehealth and/or Home Telehealth Modalities.
• Seeks guidance from appropriate resources to interpret unclear or unfamiliar drugs or dosages.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize the Veteran's response to medication administered and/or contraindications to medications, reporting any noted change in Veteran's condition to RN or Provider.
• Recognizes and documents changes in Veteran's condition, reporting changes to the RN and/or Provider, initiating action with direction.
• Demonstrates knowledge and ability to recognize urgent and emergent patient care situations and seeks assistance of the RN and/or Provider.

Preferred Experience:

• Primary Care
• Outpatient services
• Woman's Health

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:30PM
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Telework: ADHOC or emergent situations
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 91227A
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $50,147 Per Year (GS 3-6)