Licensed Practical Nurse; LPN

Job Summary

Location:
Tricare Prime Clinic Chesapeake

Labor Category:
Licensed Practical Nurse

Place of Performance: The work to be performed under this contract will be at Tricare Prime Clinic Chesapeake.

Recognized Holidays:

• New Year’s Day
• Martin Luther King’s Birthday
• President’s Day
• Memorial Day
• Juneteenth National Independence Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Columbus Day
• Veteran’s Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day

Scheduling: Varied shifts Monday through Sunday. Services shall be provided Monday through Sunday between 0700 and 1900 for 336.5 hours per week. Shifts will typically be eight (8) to twelve (12) hours in length. Shifts greater than six-hour (6) hours include an uncompensated thirty-minute (30) meal break. Requirements for services may vary on holiday weeks. The government provided matrix shall reflect these changes.

The clinic is open on all Federal Holidays.

Medical Supplemental (Type I) Substitute Contract Worker: The place of performance will not require a substitute contract worker unless the permanent contract worker is absent for more than 3 calendar days.

Closures: During unplanned (unknown) closures due to no fault of the Contractor (e.g., natural disaster, military emergency, severe weather, pandemic, or Government decision to close the facility outside of a planned closure), the contract worker will be compensated for the unplanned closure (personal services only).

Telework Arrangements: Contract workers will not be capable of providing services in a telework environment.

Mission Essential: Licensed Practical Nurse.

Legal Authorization to Work in the United States: The contract worker performing under this contract must be a US Citizen.

Core Duties:

The HCW shall provide services within the scope of their competencies, the applicable duties provided in the basic contract, and the following:

Ensure patient care is carried out in accordance with the Standards of Nursing Care and the policies and procedures of the clinic.

Check patients into the clinic and triage using clinic guidelines. Inform the nurse or physician of the patient’s condition and potential problems.

Obtain and document patient and pertinent family history.

Perform a full range of diagnostic support duties which include taking vital signs, collecting specimens, obtaining, recording and tracking results of diagnostic tools.

Assist the physician in a variety of diagnostic examinations such as lumbar punctures, colposcopies and sigmoidoscopies, by preparing, positioning and monitoring patients, and setting out and handling instruments and equipment.

Perform laboratory tests such as checking urine for sugar and stool for blood. Record and report results of test.

Perform a range of treatment procedures that include sterile dressing changes, applying compresses, monitoring IV fluids, inserting catheters and suctions, inserting nasogastric tubes, administering medications, giving enemas, setting up and giving treatment that requires auxiliary equipment such as oxygen and suction. Ambulate patients to other areas to include Radiology, various clinics, and physical therapy.

Prepare patients for tests, examinations, treatments, and/or surgery. Collect specimens such as urine, sputum and stool. Label specimens for laboratory examinations and follow up by using CHCS/AHLTA or calling the laboratory for reports. Alert provider to conditions which deviate from expected findings.

Prepare, start, monitor and discontinue intravenous fluids with accuracy and in accordance with established procedures.

Observe, report and document all observed symptoms, reactions, treatments and changes in the patient condition to the registered nurse or physician. Make careful observations to assess that nursing procedures and treatment do not cause additional distress.

Perform routine nursing care activities such as taking blood pressures, temperatures, baths and hygiene care, passing and removal of trays, changing of linen, and otherwise assist in the care of the physical needs of the patient.

Operate basic equipment required in delivery of patient care such as pumps, intravenous (IV) pumps, oxygen administration apparatus and incentive…