Licensed Practical Nurse - Patient Aligned Care Team

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is responsible for the delivery of care to Veterans in the primary care clinic and is a key member of the PACT and multidisciplinary team responsible for collaboration with other team members, promoting effective communication and ethical practice while integrating population health to meet the needs of the complex Veteran working within the North Florida/South Georgia catchment area located in Jacksonville, FL.

Duties include but not limited to:

The LPN uses a systematic problem-solving process in the care of patients with chronic health care needs to provide individualized, goal-directed nursing care. The LPN may contribute to the plan of care by collaborating with interdisciplinary team members, the patient and the patient's family. The LPN collects data and information, recognizes changes in conditions and reports this to the RN or Provider.

The LPN assists in the identification of problems and formulation of goals, outcomes, and patient-centered plans of care that are developed in collaboration with patients, their families, and the interprofessional team. The LPN can participate in implementing established teaching plans and providing education to patients and their family.

* Uses motivational interviewing and health coaching to guide patients

* Scrubs future and daily schedules for patient care needs

* Provide medication list for patient review

* Performs vital signs and treatments

* Assists providers with exams/procedures

* Completes appropriate clinical reminders

* Administers/tracks immunizations

* Tracks, prepares, and administers medications

* Completes orders per provider or nursing protocol

* Facilitates visit closure by confirming required patient education and orders have been processed/completed

* Observes, screens, records, and reports patient's response or changes in patient's condition

* Promptly recognizes and responds to urgent or emergent situations

* Serves as preceptor for nursing orientation

* Coordinates group visits

* Checks daily equipment/supplies and restocks

* Places orders and consults per clinical reminders and PACT Nurse Protocols working to the top of education and competency

* Responds to patient calls, messages, and alerts

* Completes primary care discharge phone calls per clinic policy

* Monitors PACT metrics for teamlet

* Obtain labs and other specimen collections

* Collaborates with PACT staff to develop comprehensive health care plans for patients assigned to patient panels

* Manages clinic workflow and daily schedule. Ensuring patients are placed in examination rooms in a timely manner, and providing direction to patients as they move through the clinic environment; runs the daily clinic with the Provider

* Participates in team performance improvement and sustainment activities to optimize team efficiency and care delivery to patients

* Partners with interprofessional clinical team with communications; facilitating safe transitions of patients between the PACT's site of care and other health care settings, using informal and formal communication methods

* Provides effective education to patients and/or family member in relation to disease processes, medication and/or prescribed treatment regimens in collaboration with the interprofessional team

* Recognizes urgent or emergent patient care situations, seeks assistance of the RN and/or provider, and initiates appropriate emergency interventions as directed

* Performs other duties as assigned

* Active member in daily team huddles; reviews team metrics and assist team in developing a plan to improve patient outcomes

* Completes nursing visits working to the top of education and competency

* Perform virtual care modality visits (VVC, CVT)

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Work Schedule:

Full-Time, Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm or 8:00am - 4:30pm

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 insurance programs can be carried into…