Licensed Practical Nurse - PACT - Fort Meade CBOC

Licensed Practical NurseLicensed Practical Nurse (LPN) serves as a member of the multidisciplinary health care team with selected patients and provides care to them on a regular and recurring basis. The Clinic LPN completes assigned duties and responsibilities, which involve performing standard and specialized practical nursing activities. Recurring duties are carried out independently. The Clinic LPN recognizes the need for and seeks guidance when necessary to ensure quality patient care. In organizing the delivery of care, the Clinic LPN recognizes and considers emotional, cultural, spiritual, and age-related factors. The Clinic LPN actively seeks out educational opportunities to enhance nursing knowledge and skills, sharing new knowledge gained with other staff to improve and advance nursing practice. The PACT LPN is an essential member of the PACT Team. Duties include but are not limited to, daily and 2-week scrubbing, patient check-in, completion of clinical reminders, and 2-day post Emergency Department follow-up calls. LPN's provide coverage in the Lab and specialty clinics during absences. The LPN provides a warm hand off to the provider following check-in. They administer vaccinations, perform point of care testing, obtain vital signs & EKG's and reinforce teaching. The LPN role on the pact team is essential to the health and well-being of the Veteran.Work Schedule: Full time, Monday-Friday 8am - 4:30pmPay: 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 authorizedVirtual: This is not a virtual position.