Licensed Practical Nurse

Summary

The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting for an Licensed Practical Nurse. The Licensed Practical Nurse will function in Community Outpatient Services.

Duties

• Licensed Practical Nurse: https://youtube.com/embed/Ae85IP1Oiz4 Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Assists with the planning, implementation, and evaluation of patients' care with all interdisciplinary teams.
• Functions in complex healthcare activities with minimal supervision and guidance.
• Manages patient care problems and deviations using self-direction in accordance with VA Nursing Practice and LPN licensure standards.
• Maintains knowledge and skills to care for a wide range of patients, including those with chronic and acute illness.
• Provide nursing care for adults with population specific needs by incorporating pertinent physical, psychosocial, and cultural needs into the patient plan of care..
• Readily identifies patient complications and acts to resolve issues under very general supervision.
• Applies critical thinking skills to solve clinical. and administrative issues.
• Able to proactively assist staff to identify Veteran medications/treatment needs, and accurately relay those needs to necessary/pertinent team members involved in the Veteran's care.
• Collaborates with the PACT team and other interdisciplinary services in the development, implementation, and evaluation of patient care.
• Provides indirect nursing care to patients with complex needs as related to consult management, screening of telephone calls, as well as assuming responsibility and accountability for nursing action.
• Demonstrates active listening and excellent interviewing/screening skills during telephone calls to obtain pertinent information from the caller and utilizes computerized medical record as an additional information resource.
• Serves as a preceptor in orienting, educating, and training less experienced LPN staff related to support duties for more complex, specialized tests/procedures.
• Determines clinic assignments, timely patient communication, consult management and medical record review/retrieval.
• Actively seeks out educational opportunities to enhance nursing knowledge and skills and provide leadership in assisting other staff to improve and advance their nursing practice.
• Maintains and updates professional certifications as required by policy/procedure.
• Participates in safety inspections and proactively reports unsafe working conditions to supervisory staff members.
• Collaborates with NM and other VA leadership to ensure work area and nursing practice is maintained in accordance with Joint Commission, OIG and other regulatory agency guidelines.
• Demonstrates a leadership role during EOC rounds and assists NM with correction of any identified deficiencies.
• Serves as a resource for other LPN/MT/MSA staff re: Continued Readiness Initiatives.
• Applies infection control measures appropriately in delivering nursing care.
• Demonstrates knowledge of all processes for reusable medical equipment (RME).
• Demonstrates proper setup (assembling the required items in preparation for a procedure in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and VA protocols), and maintenance according to facility standard operating procedure (SOP).
• Serves as a resource for the other staff members and assists with completion of annual competency validation.
• Assists the RN/LPN to prepare patients for transport to appointments, other departments, emergency department, or other unit transfers.
• Performs treatments and procedures within the scope of license and facility policies and procedures.
• Work Schedule: Monday.
• 4:30pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized.
• Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
• 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.
• 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).
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
• Functional Statement #: 94215A Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S.
• Citizen to apply for this job.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
• Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Employees may be subject to random drug tests.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
• Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
• In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the.
• Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the.
• Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Required Documents

• To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
• License Resume Transcript.
• Submitted transcripts must reflect confirmation to be a graduate of school of practical or vocational nursing approved by the appropriate.
• State agency and/or accredited by the National League for.
• Nursing. (Education will be waived for current.
• VHA employees who were converted to appointments under 38 U.S.C. 7401(3) in implementation of Public.
• Law 98-160, enacted.
• November 21, 1983, and for.
• VHA employees converted to appointments under 38 U.S.C. 7405 in implementation of Public.
• Law 99-576, enacted.
• October 28, 1986. The waiver will not apply to persons appointed under 38 U.S.C. 7401(3) or 7405 after these conversions.).
• License submitted must reflect a full, active, current and unrestricted licensure as a licensed practical or vocational nurse in a.
• State, Territory or.
• Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto.
• Rico) of the United States, or District of Columbia. Special Note for.
• Applications: To complete your application, please use the following link https://vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Resume.docx to download the standard Clinical Resume.
• This one-page document does not need to be modified and must be uploaded into the two-page restricted 'Resume' document upload field.
• Your full resume/CV may be uploaded without page limitation into the 'Other' document upload field.
• The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualifications for this position.
• Please ensure you have included all documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), SF-50's (current/former.
• Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter.
• DD-214/ Statement of Service Disability Letter (Schedule A) Disability Letter (VA) License.
• Resume/CV Other (2) Other (3) Performance Appraisal Professional Certification Resume Separation Notice (RIF).
• SF-15 SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action Transcript.