Licensed Practical Nurse (Long Term Care)
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The Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center is looking for License Practical Nurses (LPN) to work in the Nursing, GEC-Long Term Care service. The Licensed Practical Nurse serves as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team with an assigned patient load. Work is of considerable difficulty and responsibility are performed under general supervision.
The LPN engages in nursing care, which requires the knowledge and skills represented by licensure as an LPN. Maintains acceptable standards of practice under the direction of the nurse manager or designee. In addition to meeting the requirements for the GS 3-6 LPN grade, the GS-7 LPN has the knowledge and skills necessary to carry out more specialized patient care duties. These duties include assignments in selected, more complex, inpatient and/or outpatient care settings. Their knowledge base of patient care data actively contributes to the development of the patient's overall health plan and enables them to carry out assigned nursing interventions. Broader knowledge and skills are required at the GS-7 grade because supervision is more general, and these LPNs are more involved in the development and modification of the patient's plan of care.
LPN's at this level are, to a considerable extent, expected to exercise independent technical judgment and possess and apply a comprehensive working knowledge of the principles, art, and science of practical nursing. Function under policies and procedures approved by Nursing Service, their respective services, hospital, VISN 8, and VHA.
The Licensed Practical Nurse serves as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team with an assigned patient load. Engages in nursing care, which requires the knowledge and skills represented by licensure as an LPN. The Licensed Practical Nurse maintains acceptable standards of practice under the direction of a Registered Nurse. Assignments are limited to situations demanding an exceptional degree of practical nursing knowledge and skills. Responsible for selected long-term care patients.
Other duties include but are not limited to:
- Although the position is under the supervision of an RN, employees in such settings successfully and consistently exercise independent technical judgment without the need for readily available supervision and have a comprehensive and thorough working knowledge of the more complex or difficult practices and procedures with little or not difficulty.
- Promptly recognize potential urgent or emergent patient care situations and seeks assistance.
- Communicates effectively with the interdisciplinary team.
- LPNs at this level may serve as leaders or co-leaders in a nursing unit for specifically identified group of patients in the form of consistent Quality of Care Leaders adhering to the principles of the HATCH model in Long Term Care.
- Enters information about the patient's condition, an assessment of the patient's condition and a plan of action to carry out nursing care.
- Prepares and administers prescribed medications.
- Serves as a preceptor in orienting, education and training less experienced LPNs, NAs/HTs related to support duties for these more complex, specialized tests/procedures.
Work Schedule: 11:30 pm - 8:00 am; rotating days, weekends, and holidays. Flexibility in the schedule is required to ensure adequate coverage for the service.
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.Contact VISN 8 Compensation Center of Excellence at [email protected] for questions/assistance.
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
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)
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: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 30796F
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
