Licensed Practical Nurse

About the role

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is responsible for performing assigned duties to promote quality healthcare, positive customer service, and maintaining an environment dedicated to serving Veterans.

Responsibilities

• Initiate, perform, and complete assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations.
• Carry out assigned patient care based on patients' conditions, using judgement in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments.
• Administer prescribed medications (oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular and/or intravenous) and perform treatments according to established policies and procedures.
• Recognize and respond to urgent or emergent patient care situations, seek assistance of RN and/or MD/DO, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed.
• Recognize and appropriately respond to breakage/malfunction or loss of equipment, safety hazards, and supply deficiencies, promptly reporting to appropriate personnel for corrective action.

Requirements

• Technically proficient in initiating, performing and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations.
• Knowledge and ability to appropriately carry out assigned patient care based on the patients' conditions.
• Knowledge and understanding of human behavior, patient motivations and reactions to situations, and ability to appropriately utilize this knowledge in working effectively with patients' family members, and other staff.
• Knowledge and skill in performing support duties for complex diagnostic tests and/or specialized practices or procedures.
• Actively seeks out education opportunities to enhance nursing knowledge and skills, sharing new knowledge gained with other staff to improve and advance nursing practice.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved school of practical or vocational nursing.
• Full, active, current and unrestricted licensure as a licensed practical or vocational nurse.
• Completion of at least one year of qualifying experience at the GS-4 or GS-5 level or equivalent.
• Technically proficient in initiating, performing and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations.
• Knowledge and ability to appropriately carry out assigned patient care based on the patients' conditions.
• Knowledge and understanding of human behavior, patient motivations and reactions to situations, and ability to appropriately utilize this knowledge in working effectively with patients' family members, and other staff.
• Knowledge and skill in performing support duties for complex diagnostic tests and/or specialized practices or procedures.
• Recognize and appropriately respond to breakage/malfunction or loss of equipment, safety hazards, and supply deficiencies, promptly reporting to appropriate personnel for corrective action.

Skills

• Proficient in initiating, performing and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations.
• Ability to observe, identify and respond to the patient's needs for care including medication, equipment-assisted care and patient family education.
• Knowledge and ability to recognize, report and record relevant patient information.
• Knowledge and understanding of human behavior, patient motivations and reactions to situations, and ability to appropriately utilize this knowledge in working effectively with patients' family members, and other staff.
• Knowledge and skill in performing support duties for complex diagnostic tests and/or specialized practices or procedures.
• Ability to actively seek out education opportunities to enhance nursing knowledge and skills, sharing new knowledge gained with other staff to improve and advance nursing practice.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
• 37-50 days of annual paid time off per year.
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
• Child care subsidy for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance.
• Retirement plan and federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care benefits.
• Telework and virtual options available.

Pay

Competitive salary and regular salary increases.

Schedule

Varying tours (Days/Nights/Weekends & Holidays).