Licensed Practical Nurse

Licensed Practical Nurse

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Explain procedures to patients in understandable language and adapt communication to individual age-related and gender-specific needs.
• Create and maintain a physical and emotional environment consistent with patient-centered care.
• Demonstrate flexibility, maintain self-control, and respond effectively to varying work situations and patient care needs, including accepting temporary reassignments.
• Respond promptly and courteously to patient requests, focusing on customer service in all interactions.
• Communicate respectfully and work collaboratively with administrative staff, PACT teams, patients, and visitors. Orient patients to the clinic.
• Provide emotional support to patients and families to help them adjust to illness or health changes.
• Foster respect for patient and family rights to privacy and dignity throughout care delivery, advocate for Veterans and their families, and incorporate customer service standards in all interactions.
• Prioritize and re-prioritize work plans based on changing patient needs, providing patient care such as monitoring vital signs, consciousness level, pain, and safety.
• Prepare and administer oral, topical, subcutaneous, inhaled, injectable medications, suppositories, and adult immunizations per protocol. Accurately document medications and their effects in CPRS.
• Recognize and respond appropriately to emergent or acute situations, notify RN or providers as needed, and report incidents or errors per policy. Perform approved treatments and procedures, including wound and ear irrigations, dressing changes, catheterizations, bladder scanning, oxygen administration, obtaining weights, vital signs, and EKGs.
• Observe patients for changes such as bleeding, vomiting, fainting, skin changes, or signs of distress, and report findings to RN.
• Encourage and assist patients with activities of daily living to increase independence, and provide patient and family education related to treatments and self-care.
• Set up and perform treatments with auxiliary equipment, such as oxygen, spirometry, and nebulizer treatments.
• Adhere to Safe Patient Handling Program guidelines, performing lifts and transfers safely and seeking assistance as needed.
• Apply assistive and protective devices, such as splints and prosthetics, and collect specimens for laboratory analysis.
• Document observations, delivered care, and therapeutic interventions according to policy. Collect subjective and objective data to support RN assessments and revisions of care plans.
• Assist providers with diagnostic procedures, maintain sterile technique, assist with transcription of orders, and perform other delegated tasks.
• Deliver competent care safely under a variety of conditions, including exposure to communicable diseases, noise, or irregular hours.
• Complete clinical reminders and reinforce patient education regarding medications, disease processes, procedures, and self-care.
• Consistently follow environmental, safety, and chemical use policies and participate in GEMS, recycling, and resource conservation efforts.
• Support the Environment of Care Management Program by completing training, using proper equipment and PPE, following safety procedures, and reporting unsafe conditions and injuries.
• Participate actively in initiatives such as ICARE and Patient Centered Care.

Work Schedule:

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

Telework:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized.