Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurse; Lpn

Licensed Practical Nurse

Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties, But Not Limited To:

• The LPN/LVN is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice.
• The Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse is assigned to the VHAPORHCS Prevention of Amputations in Veterans Everywhere (PAVE) unit, under Operative Care Division functions as a team member under the guidance of the Outpatient Procedural Services Nurse Manager.
• LPN/LVN works with interdisciplinary team members and demonstrates technical proficiency in initiating, performing and completing assigned duties in providing wound and foot care to patient populations at all complexity levels and care settings while requiring minimal supervision.
• Provides effective education to patients and/or family members in relation to common disease processes, medication, and/or prescribed treatment regimes.
• Works with the RN and/or Licensed Independent Practitioner to appropriately orient/train less experienced LPNs/ LVNs and/or Nursing Assistants (NAs)/Health Technicians (HTs) in relation to acceptable standards of practice in promoting optimal patient care delivery.
• The Prevention of Amputation in Veterans Everywhere (PAVE) LPN functions as a team member under the guidance of the Registered Nurse and/or Licensed Independent Practitioner.
• The incumbent is adaptable and functions with minimal direction with the ability to prioritize and adjust care in the response to clinic flow needs.
• They provide patient centered care to Veterans throughout the lifespan, performing focused assessments, including patient interview, history, and chart review, providing patients and families with clinical teaching and instructions, collaborating in scheduling, and coordination of PAVE and peri-operative team members, obtaining patient care supplies and equipment. The incumbent must demonstrate the ability to observe, identify, and respond to the patient's need for nursing care recognizing deviations from baseline.

Work Schedule:

Variable Days, 9 hour/8 hour, one day off per pay period

Compressed/Flexible:
Per service needs

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (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) 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 retirement)

Telework:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 00000

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized