LAREDO TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. (LTSi) is a government contracting company in San Antonio, Texas. LTSi is currently submitting a proposal on a contract with the Federal Government for five (5) individual that would be interested in a position as an Extended Care Registered Nurse within the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, should LTSi win the contract.

You would be a W-2 employee for LTSi and NOT a government employee.

Please submit your resume and complete the LTSi application at www.laredotechnical.com/jobseekers.

Position Description

Title: Extended Care Registered Nurse

Location: VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 and/or Community Living Center (CLC), 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025.

Job Summary: Provide services on site to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) located within the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Contractor personnel will have use of all required patient care equipment, supplies, and computer access for performing services required by this contract. All services shall be provided in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained herein.

Period of Performance:

VA Business Hours: Multiple shifts: 07:00 AM 3:30 PM; 7:30 AM 4:00 PM; 8:00 AM 4:30 PM; 10:30 AM 7:00 PM, 11:30 AM 8:00 PM; and 12:30 PM 9:00 P.M.
Contract personnel shall be available and present during normal VAPAHCS hours, which will be established, and may be revised, as deemed appropriate for patient care by the Nurse Executive or designee. Currently, normal hours are twenty-four hours, 7 days per week.

Personnel Qualifications:

Registered Nurse License: Current, full, active and unrestricted licensure as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the US or in the District of Colombia. All RNs have completed an accredited training course in nursing through the State of California and be currently certified in Basic Life Support (BLS). All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must be kept up to date at all times. The Contractor shall provide documentation verifying current certification to the VA COR upon request.

All RNs shall have a minimum of 2 years recent experience.

RNs shall be technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the governments requirements, including the ability to speak, understand, read and write English fluently. Contractor shall provide documents upon request of the CO/COR to verify current and ongoing competency, skills, certification and/or licensure related to the provision of care, treatment and/or services performed.

Contract personnel shall meet all VA educational requirements and mandatory course requirements defined herein; all trainings must be completed by the contract personnel as required by the VA. VA trainings include: Annual Government Ethics Training; Compliance and Business Integrity; Emergency Preparedness; GEMS; Infection Control; Hazardous Material; Medical Equipment Management; Prevention of Workplace Harassment/NO FEAR; Privacy and HIPAA Training; Safety; Security; Staff and Patient Boundaries; Utilities Management; VA Privacy and Information Security Awareness; and Visitation.

Basic Life Support (BLS) is required.

Must be a citizen of the United States.

Primary Responsibilities:

Direct Patient Care: 90% of the time involved is in direct patient care. The contract personnel shall perform the following and remain within their scope of practice/privilege at all times:

• Functions as an integral member of the extended care team.
• Interfacing with patients, physicians, and family members in an extended care living center setting.
• Implement the plan of care demonstrating knowledge of the responsibilities of the RN and NA for all stages of care.
• Works in partnership with the health care team in implementing standards of care in accordance with the purpose, philosophy and objectives of nursing, while being a positive team player.
• Supervise care given and services rendered in the community living center and hospice by other professional and non-professional staff.
• Responsible for maintenance, care and use of equipment used, applying principles of asepsis, therapeutic and technical knowledge to ensure a safe environment for patients and staff.

Administrative: 10% of time not involved in direct patient care:

• Quality Improvement Meetings: If applicable, the contract personnel shall participate in continuous quality improvement activities and meetings with committee participation as required by the VAPAHCS Chief of Service, Nurse Executive, or designee. Meetings will be on an as-needed basis and will occur during regular working hours.
• Staff Meetings/Rounds: The contract personnel shall attend staff meetings as required by the VAPAHCS Chief of Service, Nurse Executive, or designee. Contractor to communicate with COR on this requirement and report any conflicts that may interfere with compliance with this requirement.
• QA/QI documentation: The contract personnel shall complete the appropriate QM/PI documentation pertaining to all procedures, complications and outcome of examinations as needed.
• Patient Safety Compliance and Reporting: The contract personnel shall follow all established patient safety and infection control standards of care. Contract personnel shall make every effort to prevent medication errors, falls, and patient injury caused by acts of commission or omission in the delivery of care. All events related to patient injury, medication errors, and other breeches of patient safety shall be reported to the COR VA Safety Policy. As soon as practicable (but within 24 hours) Contractors shall notify COR of incident and submit to the COR the Patient Safety Report, following up with COR as required or requested.
• Medical Records: The contract personnel shall complete all required clinical and medical record documentation for echocardiography services within the required timeframe. The contract personnel shall utilize VAs electronic medical record system for all patient care documentation, where applicable, including the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS).