Licensed Practical​/License Vocational Nurse Department of Veterans Affairs

Licensed Practical/License Vocational Nurse

The incumbent performs a variety of supportive, nursing and medical tasks necessary to the care of patients during diagnostic and therapeutic visits to any ECHCS VA Primary Care Clinic location. The Licensed Practical Nurse's (LPN) practice is modeled on the standards established within the VHA model for Patient Aligned Care Teams.

This position is ONLY open to VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System Employees, VA Employees Nationwide, and all other Federal Employees.
*** If you are NOT A current federal employee, please apply to vacancy CBSU-CH open to the public. ***

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional
Duties and skills needed to be successful in this position include, but are not limited to:

• Documents appropriate information in the patient record and reports and significant deviations to the RN and/or provider.
• Provides effective education to patients and/or family members in relation to common disease processes, medication, and/or prescribed treatment regimes.
• Recognizes the need for and institutes cardiopulmonary resuscitation measures when indicated in accordance with established medical center policy and procedure. Independently performs coordinating duties related to the operation of the clinic such as ordering and maintaining supplies and medications and obtaining patient data.
• Recognizes and appropriately responds to breakage/malfunction or loss of equipment, safety hazards, and supply deficiencies, promptly reporting to appropriate personnel for corrective action. Performs other assignments designated by the RN or clinic providers which are essential to patient care and appropriate to the incumbent's level of training.
• Uses motivational interviewing techniques to guide patients to establish goals. The incumbent practices within their nursing scope of practice and functional level, demonstrating and promoting the mission of the VA and ICARE values.
• Set up or reprocess Reusable Medical Equipment as applicable for all equipment for which you have been trained.
• Performs all unit specific nursing interventions and procedures to include but not limited to:
  Understand and implement the PACT model, PACT Protocols, PACT handbook VHA 1101.10(1), implements, and documents education provided to patients and families.
• Delivers safe care to assigned patients, while developing technical competencies based on the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice, VHA Directives, and local policies.
• Safely and effectively uses patient care equipment. Reports equipment in need of repair.
• Correctly and safely performs nursing procedures or seeks help when needed.
• Recognizes overt abnormal signs and symptoms and/or changes in condition and responds appropriately.
• Responsible for timely implementation of orders and nursing interventions.
• Requests assistance from co-workers when needed; knows when to ask for help.
• Formulates a plan of care based on nursing assessments, using the nursing process, based on the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice.
• Completes initial assessment of patient condition and response to treatment and initiates follow-up as needed.
• Assesses learning needs, learning preference and readiness to learn.
• Develops and implements a plan to meet learning needs, instructing patients and families in basic health teaching and discharge planning.
• Evaluates and documents patient response to interventions and progress towards attainment of goals and expected outcomes.
• Revises plan of care according to evaluations of responses and outcomes.
• Uses the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) and the Bar Coded Medication Administration (BCMA) software per policy.
• Other Duties as assigned.
• Location of Work:
  May be assigned to any ECHCS VA Primary Care Clinic.

Work Schedule
:
Monday-Thursday, 7:00am-5:30pm
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):
Authorized
Pay
:
Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate 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 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…