Licensed Practical Nurse

Allied Health Professional

Duties include but not limited to:

• Works collaboratively in an interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model (i.e., patient aligned care team)
• Primarily responsible for patient and clinic flow, efficiency of the clinic, customer service, and teamwork
• Develops/maintains effective and efficient communication with the patient, interdisciplinary team, VA medical centers, and other agencies.
• Checking vitals, processing reminders, reviewing and processing alerts appropriately, administering medication, participating in team huddles and meetings to manage and plan patient care
• Setting priorities and deadlines; adjusting the flow and sequencing of the work to meet team and patient needs; may work with the team to reinforce the plan of care and self-help solutions and entering appropriate information into the electronic record
• Monitoring pre-appointment requirements to assure readiness for patient visit/procedure (e.g., X-ray, lab work)
• Participating and providing input in problem solving on operational issues or procedures in team meetings
• Participating in and independently following up on team huddles by sharing information and collaborating with the medical team to assure continuity of care
• Evaluating patient information and clinic schedule lists to determine whether patient is vested
• Educating providers about shared patients (those who receive their care at multiple VAs or those who have care in the community) and bringing to the attention of the provider
• Additional duties or tasks may be assigned

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 0800-1630.

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).

• GS-3: 39,598.00 - 51,482.00
• GS-4: 55,640.00 - 72,336.00
• GS-5: 62,252.00 - 80,928.00
• GS-6: 69,393.00 - 90,211.00

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: Ad-hoc.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.