Licensed Practical Nurse - Psychiatry

Allied Health Professional

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide customer focused nursing care for all patients presenting to the clinic, assist patients, etc.
• Contribute to the team's interdisciplinary approach to patient care.
• Establish constructive relationships with individual patients to elicit feelings/attitudes, and to promote positive relationships, communications and socialization skills.
• Administer prescribed medications and perform minor to more complex treatment within scope of practice, and according to policy.
• Demonstrate ability to use the computer terminal and keyboard. Demonstrates ability to enter leave via VATAS per policy and procedures.
• Document nursing care; gather data for the completion of assessment on chronic diseases and preventive screening. Records data in patient's chart via CPRS consistent with charting guidelines.
• Make or receive calls for administrative purpose.
• Demonstrate self-direction in applying knowledge of fire safety, emergency and disaster regulations, practices and procedures.
• Initiates and maintains standards of infection control, cleanliness and safety in patient environment, exercise proper use and maintenance of patient care equipment.
• Demonstrate a professional courteous attitude during all contact with veterans, family members, stakeholders, and other ancillary staff.
• Administers oral, IM, SC, and rectal medications according to policy, and observes for therapeutic effects and untoward reactions.
• Learns to anticipate and recognize the need for emergency measures, initiating actions appropriately per policy and procedures.
• Takes vital signs (TPR, B/P), measures height and weight and documents per policy in CPRS.
• Observes patients on intravenous fluids for continuation of flow. Observes IV sites for redness/swelling and reports adverse findings to team leader and documents the findings in the patient record per policy.
• Supports patients with physical limitations during physical, psychosocial, and emotional readjustment.
• Performs concurrent cleaning of exam tables/chairs and Specialty Care area tidiness, as assigned and according to procedure.
• Performs any other assignment designated by the professional nurse in charge that is essential to the care of patients and appropriate to his/her level of training.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30AM-4:00PM

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

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

EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more

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 #: 58756F.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.

US Department of Veterans Affairs