Licensed Practical Nurse- Primary Care

LPN At The Watertown Va Clinic

As an LPN at the Watertown VA Clinic, you will provide practical nursing care to Veterans with diverse physical and behavioral needs while supporting patient-family centered care. You will uphold safety, infection control, and privacy standards, collaborate with Registered Nurses and Physicians, and engage in ongoing training and accreditation readiness to ensure high-quality, Veteran-focused care. Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Major Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides practical nursing care to Veterans with a variety of physical and behavioral health needs.
• Protects printed and electronic sensitive data and reports any information security or privacy incidents.
• Demonstrates courteous, respectful customer service and collaborates effectively with team members.
• Delivers care responsive to age, developmental, cultural, and language needs of Veterans.
• Follows safety procedures, reports hazards, and adheres to Life Safety, hazardous materials, and waste management guidelines.
• Enforces infection control practices, including hand hygiene, standard precautions, and isolation procedures.
• Completes required education, maintains Basic Life Support certification, and participates in competency validation.
• Maintains readiness for accreditation activities and adheres to standards, policies, procedures, and documentation requirements.
• Upholds safety and infection control standards, protects patient information, and supports performance improvement processes.
• Demonstrates flexibility in scheduling, adapts to changing patient needs, and performs additional duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Full Time; Monday-Friday. Work is scheduled between 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.