Licensed Practical Nurse

Summary

The Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN) assigned to the VAPORHCS Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Primary Care Clinic functions as the Clinical Associate team member under the guidance of the Registered Nurse - but must be able to function - according to established policies - procedures and practices.

Duties

• The duties of this position include - but are not limited to: Responsible for providing clinical assistive care and administrative support
• Demonstrate the ability to observe - identify and respond to the Veteran's needs for nursing - medication - point-of-care testing - and equipment-assisted care and to recognize deviations from normal
• Responsible for Veteran and Family/Caregiver assessment for health literacy and educational needs - including health coaching and provision of education
• Completes the Health Promotion/clinical reminders as appropriate
• documents accordingly
• Performs care that is demographically and environmentally appropriate
• and uses techniques to de-escalate disruptive patients appropriately
• Responsible for ongoing - continuous care of assigned panel(s) of Veterans
• Uses all available tools - such as registries - to enable effective and efficient identification and intervention of individual Veterans and cohorts
• Functions at the full extent of the LPN/LVN's relevant - scopes of practice - elements of practice - certification - and other VHA or local facility documentation of competency
• Participates in team performance improvements and sustainment activities to optimize team efficiency care delivery with Veterans
• Implements primary care operations management processes - as appropriate
• Manages communications and facilitates safe transitions of Veterans between the PACT's site of care and other health care settings - using informal and formal communication methods
• Manages clinic workflow
• ensuring Veterans are placed in examination rooms in a timely manner - and providing direction with Veterans as they move through the clinic environment
• To provide VA Video Connect (VVC) - Clinical Video Technology (CVT) - or Telemedicine the LPN/LVN is responsible for maintaining knowledge of and skill in applying an intensive body of rules - procedures - and operations in telehealth related technologies and a variety of computer hardware/ software used in technology - data entry -retrieval - record maintenance - document - and report generation
• Reports any perceived violations of law or official wrongdoing
• May be required to perform specimen collection of (urine - sputum - blood - or stool) ensuring to utilize proper labeling - packaging - and transport instructions from the Primary Care Community Based Clinics or assigned areas to the main facility laboratory
• Adheres to applicable infection control guidelines of hand hygiene before and after venipuncture of all patients
• Performs other related duties as assigned
• Total Rewards: Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf Work Schedule: Monday-Friday - 7:00am-5:30pm PST (Varying tours) Additional details discussed during the interview process
• Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
• Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases 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
• 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
• Education Deduction Repayment Program (EDRP): Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
• Contact VHA.ELRSProgramSupport@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
• Learn more Functional Statement #: 000000 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized