Licensed Practical Nurse - Primary Care Float
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title. We need to include only sections that have real specific content. Remove boilerplate.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Summary: The Licensed Practical Nurse - Float Primary Care position works at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center in the Primary Care Service Live. Expected to provide coverage to the Chillicothe VA Medical Center and affiliated Clinic Based Outpatient Clinics. LPN works in collaboration with RN and/or providers from PACT within scope of practice - according to policies, training, accepted VA practice.
- Qualifications: includes basic requirements: US Citizenship, English proficiency, Education (graduate of approved school), Licensure (full active current unrestricted LPN/LVN in a state/territory/DC), Grandfathering provision note, Grade Determinations (GS-3 to GS-6) with details.
- Duties: list of duties (some repeated). Also includes Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m
- Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: Not Authorized (so we shouldn't include Benefits? Actually we have Benefits section only if posting actually states them. It lists Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework: Not Available, Virtual: Not a virtual position. Those are benefits. So we should include Benefits section with those details.
- Pay: "Competitive salary and regular salary increases" - that's a statement; we can include Pay section.
- Schedule: we have Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m. So Schedule section.
- Also maybe "Functional Statement #: ..." and "Physical Requirements". Those could be part of Requirements or maybe Skills? But we can include them under Requirements or maybe a separate "Requirements" section includes qualifications, physical requirements, functional statement.
We need to avoid duplication and boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Not present.
We need to preserve all substantive information.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to decide sections:
- About the role (summary)
- Responsibilities (duties)
- Requirements (qualifications, basic requirements, grade determinations, physical requirements, functional statement)
- Benefits (Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework not available)
- Pay (Competitive salary and regular salary increases)
- Schedule (Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm)
We could also include Skills but not needed if covered.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We need to ensure we don't include headings with empty content.
Let's extract details.
Summary: "The Licensed Practical Nurse - Float Primary Care position works at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center in the Primary Care Service Live. The position is expected to provide coverage to the Chillicothe VA Medical Center and the affiliated Clinic Based Outpatient Clinics. The LPN is expected to work in collaboration with the registered nurse and/or providers from the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) within their scope of practice - according to policies - training and accepted VA practice."
We can put that in
under About the role.
Responsibilities/Duties: The posting has a "Duties" section with bullet-like sentences:
- Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional (maybe heading but not needed)
- Initiating - performing - and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations
- Appropriately carry out assigned patient care based on the patents' conditions
- Selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments
- Observe - identify and respond to the patient's needs for care including medication equipment-assisted care and (patient/family education)
- 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 medication/treatments - promptly and accurately documenting noted changes - and reporting any deviations from normal to RN or MD/DO
- Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m (but that's schedule, maybe separate)
- Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
- Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
- Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
- 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)
- 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 Available
- Virtual: This is not a virtual position
- Functional Statement #: 92992A - 92993A - 92994A - 92995A
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
- Physical Requirements: This position includes a level of physicality normally associated with duties performed by nurses such as direct patient care - and potentially long periods of walking - standing - sitting - moderate lifting - repeated bending - or kneeling
- See VA Handbook 5019 and local LPN/LVN physical standards
- Examples may include but are not limited to: Significant amounts of time standing assisting assigned patients and Utilization of safe patient handling and mobility protocols
- Position specific duties/expectations are detailed in the associated competency and should be performed once the competency has been validated
- This position potentially requires flexibility in schedule and assignments.
We need to separate duties from benefits etc.
Duties (core nursing duties) list: initiating performing completing assigned duties, appropriately carry out patient care, selecting order/sequence, observe/identify/respond to patient needs, prepares/administers meds, observes changes, documents, reports deviations.
We can put those in
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Benefits: Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework not available (maybe mention not available), Virtual not a virtual position (maybe not needed). Also maybe mention that sign-on bonus and relocation assistance not authorized (but that's not a benefit; it's a note). Could include under Benefits as "Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: Not Authorized" and "Permanent Change of Station: Not Authorized". But the instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. Those are specific content (they say Not Authorized). So we could include them under Benefits as bullet points.
Pay: "Competitive salary and regular salary increases". That's specific enough.
Schedule: "Monday through Friday - 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m". Also note "This position potentially requires flexibility in schedule and assignments." Could include both.
Requirements: include basic requirements (US Citizenship, English proficiency, Education, Licensure, Grandfathering provision), Grade Determinations (GS-3 to GS-6 details), Physical Requirements, Functional Statement #.
We need to avoid duplication: The grade determinations have a lot of text; we need to preserve all substantive information. That is lengthy. We'll need to include them as list items maybe.
We must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the grade determination details exactly as posted? We can paraphrase but must preserve all substantive information. Safer to copy the text as is, but we can break into bullet points for each grade.
We need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- Initiating, performing, and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations
- Appropriately carrying out assigned patient care based on the patient's conditions
- Selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments
- Observing, identifying, and responding to the patient's needs for care including medication, equipment-assisted care, and patient/family education
- Preparing and administering prescribed medications (oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and/or intravenous) and performing treatments according to established policies/procedures
- Observing for physical and/or emotional changes in the patient's condition from prescribed medication/treatments; promptly and accurately documenting noted changes and reporting any deviations from normal to the RN or MD/DO
Requirements
We need sub-sections? Could just list as with items.
But we have multiple categories: Basic Requirements, Grade Determinations, Physical Requirements, Functional Statement.
We could keep as with items, each item maybe a inside? But spec says use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can make a list for requirements.
Let's extract each requirement:
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- English Language Proficiency: Licensed practical or vocational nurses appointed to direct patient care positions must be proficient in both spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d)
- 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
- Licensure: Full - active - current 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
- May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).
Grade Determinations: we need to include each grade's criteria.
We could break into sub-items per grade.
GS-3: None beyond the basic requirements
GS-4: Six months of qualifying experience as an LPN or LVN; at this level LPN/LVNs are expected to exercise greater judgment, require less supervision, and to operate in accordance with all established policies, procedure, and techniques OR Graduation from an approved school and one year of experience that involved nursing care work in a hospital - outpatient clinic - nursing home - or other supervised medical - nursing - or patient care facility that provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and procedures OR Graduation from an approved school of at least 24 months duration
GS-5: Completion of at least 1 year of qualifying experience at the GS-4 level or equivalent; Demonstrated knowledge and ability to provide a full range of practical nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavioral problems; Works with the RN and/or MD/DO to appropriately orient/train less experienced LPNs/L
for prose. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to decide sections: - About the role (summary) - Responsibilities (duties) - Requirements (qualifications, basic requirements, grade determinations, physical requirements, functional statement) - Benefits (Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework not available) - Pay (Competitive salary and regular salary increases) - Schedule (Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm) We could also include Skills but not needed if covered. We must not repeat job title as heading. We need to ensure we don't include headings with empty content. Let's extract details. Summary: "The Licensed Practical Nurse - Float Primary Care position works at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center in the Primary Care Service Live. The position is expected to provide coverage to the Chillicothe VA Medical Center and the affiliated Clinic Based Outpatient Clinics. The LPN is expected to work in collaboration with the registered nurse and/or providers from the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) within their scope of practice - according to policies - training and accepted VA practice." We can put that in
under About the role. Responsibilities/Duties: The posting has a "Duties" section with bullet-like sentences: - Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional (maybe heading but not needed) - Initiating - performing - and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations - Appropriately carry out assigned patient care based on the patents' conditions - Selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments - Observe - identify and respond to the patient's needs for care including medication equipment-assisted care and (patient/family education) - 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 medication/treatments - promptly and accurately documenting noted changes - and reporting any deviations from normal to RN or MD/DO - Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m (but that's schedule, maybe separate) - Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized - Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized - Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases - 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) - 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 Available - Virtual: This is not a virtual position - Functional Statement #: 92992A - 92993A - 92994A - 92995A - Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized - Physical Requirements: This position includes a level of physicality normally associated with duties performed by nurses such as direct patient care - and potentially long periods of walking - standing - sitting - moderate lifting - repeated bending - or kneeling - See VA Handbook 5019 and local LPN/LVN physical standards - Examples may include but are not limited to: Significant amounts of time standing assisting assigned patients and Utilization of safe patient handling and mobility protocols - Position specific duties/expectations are detailed in the associated competency and should be performed once the competency has been validated - This position potentially requires flexibility in schedule and assignments. We need to separate duties from benefits etc. Duties (core nursing duties) list: initiating performing completing assigned duties, appropriately carry out patient care, selecting order/sequence, observe/identify/respond to patient needs, prepares/administers meds, observes changes, documents, reports deviations. We can put those in
- .
Benefits: Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework not available (maybe mention not available), Virtual not a virtual position (maybe not needed). Also maybe mention that sign-on bonus and relocation assistance not authorized (but that's not a benefit; it's a note). Could include under Benefits as "Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: Not Authorized" and "Permanent Change of Station: Not Authorized". But the instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. Those are specific content (they say Not Authorized). So we could include them under Benefits as bullet points.
Pay: "Competitive salary and regular salary increases". That's specific enough.
Schedule: "Monday through Friday - 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m". Also note "This position potentially requires flexibility in schedule and assignments." Could include both.
Requirements: include basic requirements (US Citizenship, English proficiency, Education, Licensure, Grandfathering provision), Grade Determinations (GS-3 to GS-6 details), Physical Requirements, Functional Statement #.
We need to avoid duplication: The grade determinations have a lot of text; we need to preserve all substantive information. That is lengthy. We'll need to include them as list items maybe.
We must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the grade determination details exactly as posted? We can paraphrase but must preserve all substantive information. Safer to copy the text as is, but we can break into bullet points for each grade.
We need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- Initiating, performing, and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations
- Appropriately carrying out assigned patient care based on the patient's conditions
- Selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments
- Observing, identifying, and responding to the patient's needs for care including medication, equipment-assisted care, and patient/family education
- Preparing and administering prescribed medications (oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and/or intravenous) and performing treatments according to established policies/procedures
- Observing for physical and/or emotional changes in the patient's condition from prescribed medication/treatments; promptly and accurately documenting noted changes and reporting any deviations from normal to the RN or MD/DO
Requirements
We need sub-sections? Could just list as- with items.
But we have multiple categories: Basic Requirements, Grade Determinations, Physical Requirements, Functional Statement.
We could keep as
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can make a list for requirements. Let's extract each requirement: Basic Requirements: - United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy - English Language Proficiency: Licensed practical or vocational nurses appointed to direct patient care positions must be proficient in both spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d) - 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 - Licensure: Full - active - current 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 - May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Grade Determinations: we need to include each grade's criteria. We could break into sub-items per grade. GS-3: None beyond the basic requirements GS-4: Six months of qualifying experience as an LPN or LVN; at this level LPN/LVNs are expected to exercise greater judgment, require less supervision, and to operate in accordance with all established policies, procedure, and techniques OR Graduation from an approved school and one year of experience that involved nursing care work in a hospital - outpatient clinic - nursing home - or other supervised medical - nursing - or patient care facility that provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and procedures OR Graduation from an approved school of at least 24 months duration GS-5: Completion of at least 1 year of qualifying experience at the GS-4 level or equivalent; Demonstrated knowledge and ability to provide a full range of practical nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavioral problems; Works with the RN and/or MD/DO to appropriately orient/train less experienced LPNs/L
- with items, each item maybe a
inside? But spec says use