Licensed Practical Nurse- Primary Care

LPN Position at Bemidji VA Clinic

As an LPN at the Bemidji VA Clinic, you will play an essential role in caring for Veterans across all ages and backgrounds. You'll use your practical nursing skills to support patient needs, deliver medication and treatment education, recognize and respond to changes in condition, and build strong, respectful relationships with Veterans and their families. Working closely with Registered Nurses (RNs), providers, and the broader care team, you'll contribute to a supportive, patient-centered environment rooted in dignity, safety, and exceptional service.

Major Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides nursing care for adult and geriatric patients with diverse physical, mental, behavioral, and psychological needs.
• Carries out patient care using judgment to determine appropriate procedures, treatments, and sequencing.
• Recognizes, reports, and documents relevant patient information accurately.
• Observes, identifies, and responds to patient needs, including medication, equipment-assisted care, and patient/family education.
• Serves as a preceptor in collaboration with Registered Nurses (RNs) and/or providers to orient and train less experienced staff.
• Interacts professionally with patients, families, and the healthcare team, incorporating established customer service standards.
• Prepares, administers, and documents prescribed medications and treatments per facility policies.
• Identifies urgent or emergent patient care situations and initiates appropriate interventions under RN or provider direction.
• Establishes constructive relationships that support communication, privacy, dignity, and emotional well-being.
• Performs assigned treatments, procedures, and reprocessing of reusable medical equipment, and seeks educational opportunities to enhance practice.

Work Schedule: This is an intermittent position. Intermittent employment is defined as non-fulltime employment in which employees are appointed without a regularly scheduled tour of duty. Work is sporadic and unpredictable so that a tour of duty may not be regularly scheduled in advance. Expected availability for this position is (1), 12-hour shift; or (2), 8-hour shifts per biweekly pay period. Additional hours may be scheduled as needed. Shifts may be scheduled Monday-Friday; 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).

Telework: Not available

Physical requirements: This position requires some degree of fitness, strength, and agility. Duties require extensive periods of standing and walking. Working with patients requires regular and recurring bending, lifting, stooping, stretching, pushing, pulling, lifting arm overhead, and similar activities. You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination.

Fargo is part of the VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23). The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

US Department of Veterans Affairs