Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse

Allied Health Professional

Duties and skills needed to be successful in this position include, but are not limited to:

• Carries out more specialized patient care duties, including assignments in selected, more complex care settings.
• Incorporates current patient care data in actively contributing to the development of the patient's overall health plan and in carrying out assigned nursing interventions.
• Utilizes broader knowledge and skills because supervision is more general and employees are expected to be involved to a greater degree in the development and modification of treatment plans.
• Assists RN and/or provider to appropriately prioritize overall patient care needs and adjust plans for care delivery.
• Makes astute observations of subtle, less obvious changes, both physical and emotional, in patient's condition, and accurately and thoroughly documents care delivered and patient's response to care that could require immediate modification of the patient's care plan.
• Appropriately seeks assistance and guidance by informing RN or provider of changes in patient's condition requiring higher-level intervention.
• Participates to a greater degree in prioritizing, and, as appropriate, modifying patient care treatment.
• Observes more subtle physical and emotional changes in patients and demonstrates taking appropriate action based on those observations.
• Proactively assists the RN or provider in addressing patient's needs for medication/treatments, accurately administering prescribed medications/treatments according to established policies/procedures and appropriately recording administration and patient's response to medications/treatments received. (This may include restricted medication locally authorized for administration by employees at this grade level.)
• Readily recognizes the more subtle signs and symptoms of potential or actual drug reactions, promptly informs the RN or provider of observed changes in patient's condition and initiates appropriate, prescribed interventions. Demonstrates broader knowledge and skill with respect to these responsibilities than employees at lower grade levels.
• Promptly recognizes potential urgent or emergent patient care situations, seeks assistance of the RN and/or provider for appropriate team intervention and effectively intervenes, as directed, to assure the continuation of optimal, safe and therapeutic patient care delivery.
• Assists individuals or groups of patients and their families to take an active role in promoting healthy lifestyles for more positive patient outcomes.
• Exercises skill in influencing and communicating with unusually difficult to care for or communicate with patients and/or family members who may exhibit problems with lack of self-control, resistant or abusive behaviors, or impediments in their ability to understand or follow instructions.
• Exhibits skill, creativity and initiative in contributing to the improvement of overall care delivery and patient and/or family satisfaction levels through active participation in committees/task forces, research projects or in developing educational materials/media.
• Actively promotes and effectively incorporates established customer service standards in all aspects of their practice.
• Possesses comprehensive practical nursing knowledge and skills in specialized procedures and practices to serve as a resource person for other staff in organizing and implementing more complex/specialized patient care.
• Serves as a role model and mentor to other nursing staff in the application of more complex technology, effectively guiding and directing their continuing practice in these areas.
• Supports the RN or provider in monitoring the practice of unlicensed nursing or non-medical staff in patient care delivery.

Work Schedule: 7:00am-3:30pm, Monday-Friday

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

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Available

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases

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)

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 #: 554-99263

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Available