Licensed Practical Nurse

Licensed Practical Nurse

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Inform patients on specimen collection procedures to be performed. Reviews laboratory request orders to ensure all required information is present.
• Obtain blood samples by venipuncture; assures that proper specimens are obtained, and physiological properties and test requirements are maintained until actual testing procedure.
• Apply sterile dressing to site and instructs patients on care required to prevent infection and/or bruising.
• Prepare specimens for various automated urinalysis.
• Review laboratory request orders to ensure all required information is present.
• Communicate and interact appropriately and courteously with internal and external customers.
• Assure that patient safety is paramount in all aspects of patient care.
• Properly and accurately labels specimens, annotating time of collection, ensuring proper collection day and initialing all tubes collected.
• Integrate and apply pertinent aspects of the Outpatient Clinic performance improvement program into his/her professional practice.
• Integrate and apply aspects of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations National Patient Safety Goals as applicable to their area of practice.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized

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 Authorized

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 92992A, 92993A, 92994A, or 92995A

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized