Licensed Practical Nurse - Howell

Licensed Practical/License Vocational Nurse

The primary purpose of the PACT Licensed Practical/License Vocational Nurse is to perform assigned duties in a manner that promotes quality health care, positive customer service and the maintenance of an environment committed to serving the veteran. The LPN is the technical expert for performing, reporting, and recording assigned nursing care, including, but not limited to:

• Direct patient care.
• Rooms patients and completes all clinic reminders, obtains vital signs and completes any treatments as ordered by primary care provider.
• Phlebotomy outpatient blood draws
• LPN Clinics:
  Toenail Clinic, Immunization Clinic
• Quality Metrics- EQM/Population Health Metrics:
  Tracks panels metrics and implements strategies to manage fallouts via patient outreach or team collaboration.
• Follow-up with Quality Metrics fallouts to include: colorectal screening, breast cancer screens, cervical cancer screens, and immunizations
• Check ins for Integrative Pain Provider (8 days per month)
• Administers oxygen therapy
• Medication administration
• Completes clinical reminders with appropriate consults and alerts as indicated
• Ensures medications/supplies are not expired and removed from inventory
• Accurately performs delegated procedures and treatments
• Assists with minor procedures, including obtaining and arranging necessary equipment, positioning patient, ensuring comfort and privacy.
• EKG, lab draws and pre-processing, lab quality monitors, and point of care testing.
• Data collection and documentation intervention of patient visit in applicable nursing note.
• Based on the patient's goals, reinforces through health coaching and other methods, patient and family health education, to include self-management, prevention and wellness.
• Assists in medication reconciliation. Notifies the provider of changes
• Measures, records vital signs and enters them in CPRS.
• Applies skin tests and measures and documents results.
• Visual acuity tests
• Performs Monofilament exams
• Closes encounters daily
• Checks the Crash Cart and AED per facility policy
• Complete the Blood Glucose meter check daily, as applicable.

Work Schedule:

Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm

Compressed/Flexible:
Unavailable

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):
Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):
Not 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)

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 #: 94145A, 94146A, 94147A, 94144A

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized