Licensed Practical Nurse (Primary Care)

Licensed Practical Nurse

The duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for providing clinical assistive care and administrative support.
• The incumbent must demonstrate the ability to observe, identify and respond to the Veteran's needs for nursing, medication, point-of-care testing, and equipment-assisted care and to recognize deviations from normal.
• The incumbent is also responsible for Veteran and Family/Caregiver assessment for health literacy and educational needs, including health coaching and provision of education.
• Completes the Health Promotion/clinical reminders as appropriate; documents accordingly.
• Performs care that is demographically and environmentally appropriate; and uses techniques to de-escalate disruptive patients appropriately.
• Responsible for ongoing, continuous care of assigned panel(s) of Veterans.
• Uses all available tools, such as registries, to enable effective and efficient identification and intervention of individual Veterans and cohorts.
• Functions at the full extent of the LPN/LVN's relevant, scopes of practice, elements of practice, certification, and other VHA or local facility documentation of competency.
• Participates in team performance improvements and sustainment activities to optimize team efficiency care delivery with Veterans.
• Implements primary care operations management processes, as appropriate.
• Manages communications and facilitates safe transitions of Veterans between the PACT's site of care and other health care settings, using informal and formal communication methods.
• Manages clinic workflow; ensuring Veterans are placed in examination rooms in a timely manner, and providing direction with Veterans as they move through the clinic environment.
• To provide VA Video Connect (VVC), Clinical Video Technology (CVT), or Telemedicine the LPN/LVN is responsible for maintaining knowledge of and skill in applying an intensive body of rules, procedures, and operations in telehealth related technologies and a variety of computer hardware/ software used in technology, data entry,retrieval, record maintenance, document, and report generation.
• Reports any perceived violations of law or official wrongdoing.
• May be required to perform specimen collection of (urine, sputum, blood, or stool) ensuring to utilize proper labeling, packaging, and transport instructions from the Primary Care Community Based Clinics or assigned areas to the main facility laboratory.
• Adheres to applicable infection control guidelines of hand hygiene before and after venipuncture of all patients.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: M-F 8:00- 4:30 but shifts may vary and will be discussed in interview

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized.

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized.

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

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: Not Available.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 00000

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized