Licensed Practical Nurse - Primary Care Hutchinson CBOC

About the role

The Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center is seeking to hire a Licensed Practical Nurse to provide technically proficient, patient-centered nursing care at the Hutchinson, KS Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC).

Responsibilities

• Initiating, performing, and completing structured/focused health screenings or the equivalent, delivering appropriate nursing interventions, promoting patient safety, and ensuring smooth clinic flow.
• Completing preventive procedures, nursing tasks, chart reviews, panel scrubbing, daily huddles, and visit preparation.
• Serving as a preceptor in orienting, educating, and training less experienced LPNs/LVNs or nursing assistants (NAs)/health technicians (HTs).
• Supporting efficient clinic operations by completing screening reminders, rooming patients, assisting providers, managing room turnover, and conducting pre-visit calls to prepare patients for labs and procedures.
• Performing schedule management by reviewing upcoming appointments, identifying opportunities for alternate care modalities, facilitating consult tracking, and serving as backup for post-discharge calls.
• Using clinic tools and workflows, participating in PACT meetings, and helping maintain continuity, coordination, and quality of care across the team.
• Actively seeking out educational opportunities to enhance nursing knowledge and skills, sharing new knowledge gained with other staff to improve and advance nursing practice.
• Providing technically proficient patient-centered care by confirming the reason for visit, conducting pre-visit outreach, reinforcing instructions, and ensuring Veterans bring needed logs, equipment, and health information.
• Performing pre-visit planning by reviewing records, obtaining missing documentation, updating changes in conditions or treatments, and preparing clinical data to support an efficient, high-quality appointment with general review by a supervisor, RN, or provider.
• Managing efficient clinic flow by rooming patients, collecting vital data, completing assigned clinical reminders, assisting providers with procedures, administering medications and immunizations, and maintaining clean, stocked exam rooms.
• Using judgment in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments; supports clinical decision-making by reviewing medications and allergies, identifying urgent needs, initiating nursing protocols or clinical pathways as locally approved, and communicating key findings to the RN or provider.
• Actively seeking opportunities to enhance team functioning through health coaching, patient education, secure message management, consult tracking, participation in PACT meetings, and follow-up with no-show patients to ensure safety and continuity of care.

Requirements

• Basic Requirements: 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).
• Licensure: Active, full, current and unrestricted licensure as a Graduate Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurse in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia.

Qualifications

• GS-03: None beyond the basic requirements.
• GS-04: Six months of qualifying experience as an LPN or LVN; or graduation from an approved school and one year of experience involving nursing care work in a supervised medical, nursing, or patient care facility.
• GS-05: Completion of at least 1 year of qualifying experience at the GS-4 level or equivalent, demonstrating knowledge and ability to provide a full range of practical nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavioral problems.
• GS-06: Completion of at least [one (1)] year of [additional] qualifying experience at the GS-5 level or equivalent, fully meeting all performance requirements.

Benefits

• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting)
• Federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance
• Full-time employees 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
• 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.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

Pay

• Pay details are not specified in the given information.

Schedule

• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 0730-1600
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.