Licensed Practical Nurse - Patient Aligned Care Team

<p>This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>VA Careers - Licensed Practical Nurse: https://youtube.com/embed/Ae85IP1Oiz4 Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Major Duties: Communicate and interact appropriately and courteously with internal and external customers from variable patient populations Maintain confidentiality of written, electronic, and verbal patient employee information. Work and function within a safe manner including infection control and use of equipment. Assure that patient safety is paramount in all aspects of patient care. Utilize nursing research and literature in 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. Provides for the patient's privacy. Assists with data collection for outpatients and new admissions. Completes specific sections of the Nursing Admission Record. Observes, reports and documents signs and symptoms of patient's general condition. Participates in patient care conferences, exchanging information about patients' needs and condition. Provides input into the Nursing Care Plan and/or the Interdisciplinary Plan of Care. Provides direct nursing care to adult and geriatric patients according to nursing standards and Medical Center policy and procedure. This includes, but is not limited to: Bathing, showering, oral care, shaving, toe/fingernail care, fingernail clipping, feeding, turning, positioning, and ambulating, while considering age-specific needs, e.g. the geriatric patients' need for lubrication. Collecting and labeling specimens, e.g. sputum, emesis, urine, stool. Providing bowel/bladder training, applying external urinary devices, performing bladder catheterization. Providing wound care and reporting any changes and/or progress to the RN. Applying abdominal binders, anti-embolic stockings, ace bandages, and alternating pressure boots. Providing for lifting, moving, transferring, and/or transporting patients. Using patient lifting devices, pressure relief mattresses, hyper/hypothermia blankets, electronic scales, feeding pumps. Applying protective/supporting devices, restraints. Implements established care plan. Reports and documents progress or changes in patient's behavior and/or physical condition to the RN and in the medical record. Performs check of emergency equipment. Recognizes and initiates emergency measures consistent with training. Calls Crises Intervention Team or Code 2000, according to campus, and assists with the application of leather restraints and/or seclusion, while providing for physical and safety needs. Calls Cardiac Arrest Team or Code 4000, depending on campus, performs CPR. BLS required. Follows appropriate procedure for Fire Drills. Follows appropriate policies and/or procedures for other emergencies, e.g. disaster, bomb threat. Provides care for pre-operative and post-operative patients, including those having special procedures and treatments. Assures the presence of a signed informed consent. Assists in evaluating psychological and educational needs. Reports changes in patient's behavior and or physical condition to the registered nurse and/or physician. Uses identified learning needs to provide patient education and teaching documents in the medical record. In organizing and delivering care, the LPN recognizes and considers, emotional, cultural, spiritual, socio-economic, and age-specific factors, e.g. the geriatric population's proneness to visual or hearing impairment, will be addressed. Teaching may include pre- and post-op care, diabetic self-care, activities of daily living, coughing, deep breathing, suctioning and tracheostomy care, self-administration of medication and additional procedures as directed by the registered nurse. Performs such diagnostic procedures as cardiac monitoring (in specialty area), TPR, 8/P, Pulse Oximetry, l&O, heights, weights, finger sticks, phlebotomies, and EKGs. Recognizes deviations from normal. Documents and reports result to the registered nurse and/or physician. Preferred experience: 1-2 years working in a primary care outpatient clinical setting in a level 1 acute care medical center. Work Schedule: Various Work Schedules Available - Monday to Friday 8am -4:30 and may have extend evening hours or weekend hours dependent on the clinics schedules Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VISN2EDRPCoordinators@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized</p><h3>Requirements</h3>You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.<h3>Education</h3>Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.