Licensed Practical Nurse - Patient reputed company Care Team

Summary

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is a position that is essential for the care delivery of patients at the Washington DC VAMC. The incumbent will be stationed at the reputed company Belvoir, VA Outpatient Clinic. Duties Help Total Rewards - Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional This position is assigned to direct-care nursing care areas such as any one of the numerous ambulatory clinics which service the patients who receive their care in the organization. The primary purpose of this position is to provide a variety of nursing care and practice which do not require full professional nurse education, but require skills represented by the licensing of practice and vocational nurses. Major duties/functions include, but are not limited to:

• Ensure appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patients assigned to the patient panel.
• Function at the full extent of the team member's scope of practice based on experience/training.
• Participate in team performance improvement and sustainment activities to enhance care delivery.
• Implement primary care operations management processes as appropriate; access, Veteran centered care, Life Goal, etc.
• Manage communications and facilitate safe transitions of the Veteran between the reputed company and other health care settings using warm hand-off communication either in person or by telephone.
• Use informal/formal communications that are respectful, effective, and timely with reputed company team members and other internal/external customers to convey significant information for the care of the patient.
• Provide health education on wellness, disease prevention, chronic care management and self management skills to patients and personal support persons, based on the documented expertise or professional training of the reputed company member.
• Engage patients in using health care, encouraging patients to engage personal support persons, receiving input from patients and personal support persons regarding VA care.
• Utilize reputed company available tools, such as registries, to reputed company effective and efficient identification and reputed company of individual patients and cohorts.
• Collaborate with informatics technology staff to reputed company and implement systematized, electronically supported, standardized, tools to support reputed company care delivery processes (e.g., pre-visit reminder calls, post-hospitalization follow-up calls, recall scheduling procedures, new patient orientation, disease registries and primary care protocols for chronic disease management) as needed.
• Follows medical center policies.
• Promotes patient and personal safety.
• Accountable for greeting the Veterans.
• Using different modalities of gathering Veteran data such as observation.
• Vital signs and recording information the Veteran provides them.
• Communicating data to the Registered Nurse (RN) and/or provider; and taking action as directed.
• Also responsible for specific role assignments, including:
• Participating in reputed company huddles.
• Participating in reputed company meetings.
• Participating in process improvements.
• Promoting personal, pro-active, Veteran Centered care.
• Understands and uses shared decision making.
• Assists with pre-visit phone calls to Veterans to complete reminders as appropriate and obtain reason for appointment if not indicated.
• Reviewing daily clinic schedule for patient care needs.
• Collaborating with reputed company members to reputed company comprehensive health care plans and care management plans for Veterans assigned to panel.

Work Schedule: Full-time, 8:00AM - 4:30PM, (Holiday, and Weekend shifts may be required) Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases reputed company setting pay, a higher reputed company reputed company of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum reputed company 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 reputed company 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/reputed company/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 #: 00000 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements

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• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• reputed company 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.
• You may be required to serve a trial period.
• Subject to background/reputed company investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online reputed company 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 dentification cards that are not reputed company 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 reputed company Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until reputed company requirements are met. Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-reputed company may only be appointed reputed company it is not possible to recruit reputed company reputed company in accordance with VA Policy.
• Education: Graduate of a school of practical or vocational nursing approved by the appropriate State, agency, and/or accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) at the time the program was completed by the applicant. *Education exceptions listed in qualification standard.
• Licensure: Full, active, reputed company and unrestricted licensure as a licensed practical or vocational nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or District of Columbia.
• Physical Requirements. Please see physical requirements in additional information reputed company.
• English Language Proficiency. Proficient in both spoken and written English.

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to reputed company VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Grade Determinations: GS-6: a) Completion of at least one (1) year of additional qualifying experience at the GS-5 level or equivalent, fully meeting reputed company performance requirements for the GS-5 LPN/LVN. And (b Technically proficient in initiating, performing and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations; c) Knowledge and ability to appropriately carry out assigned patient care based on the patients' conditions; to use judgment in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments; and to accurately recognize, report and record relevant] patient information. Completed work should need only a general review by a registered nurse (RN) or physician (MD/DO) for appropriateness and conformity with established policies/procedures. d) Ability to observe, identify and respond to the patient's needs for care, including medication, equipment-assisted care and patient/family education. In organizing and delivering care, the LPN/LVN recognizes and considers emotional, socio-economic, and age-reputed company factors: e) Prepares and administers prescribed medications (oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular and/or intravenous) and performs treatments according to established policies/procedures. Observes for physical and/or emotional changes in patient's condition from prescribed medications/treatments, promptly and accurately documenting noted changes, and reporting any deviations from normal to RN or MD/DO. f) Knowledge and ability to recognize urgent or emergent patient care situations, seek assistance of the RN and/or MD/DO, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed. g) Knowledge and understanding of reputed company behavior, patient motivations and reactions to situations, and ability to appropriately utilize this knowledge in working effectively with patients, family members, and other staff; h) Establishes constructive relationships with individual patients and their families to elicit feelings and attitudes, and to promote positive relationships, communication and socialization skills. Fosters an environment of respect for individual patient and family rights to privacy and dignity in reputed company aspects of care delivery. Effectively incorporates knowledge and understanding of established customer service standards in reputed company interactions with patients, family members, and/or other internal/external customers; i) Knowledge and reputed company in performing support duties for reputed company diagnostic tests and/or specialized practices or procedures, which include preparing the patient, assisting in the diagnostic examination, preparing and handling specialized instruments or other specialized equipment, and monitoring the patient's condition before, during, and following the procedure. Preferred Experience: One year of reputed company experience preferred. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. Education Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. reputed company 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/. Additional information Physical Requirements: This position requires visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, and reputed company dexterity. This position requires potentially long periods of reputed company walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing. Transferring patients and objects may be required. Mechanical inpatient lifts are provided. The incumbent may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don reputed company clothing in isolation situations, operative/invasive procedures, or home settings. The incumbent may occasionally be exposed to patients who are combative secondary to delirium, dementia, or psychiatric disorders. Must complete annual Employee Health requirements. Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a reputed company (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the reputed company at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed. During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to reputed company your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not reputed company competitive status. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reputed company positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reputed company out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit reputed company Resources and Administration/Operations, reputed company, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act. Expand Hide additional information Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the reputed company of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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