Summary

This LPN position is located within the Grand Island Community Living Center in Grand Island - Nebraska providing care to Veterans receiving extended hospital care and short-term rehabilitation levels of care which includes help with activities of daily living - skilled nursing - and dementia care. The mission of a Community Living Center is to restore each Veteran to his or her highest level of well-being - to prevent declines in health - and to provide comfort at the end of life.

Duties

• VA Careers - Licensed Practical Nurse: https://youtube.com/embed/Ae85IP1Oiz4 Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf Licensed Practical Nurse - vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-LPN-Career-Flyer.pdf Major duties of the Community Living Center LPN include - but are not limited to: Perform assessments and interventions in the areas of health promotion - wound care - basic physical/psychological/social assessments - support care plans - palliative care - hospice
• Prioritize patient care needs - support care plans - seeking assistance and guidance by informing the CLC RN or the CLC providers of changes in patient's condition
• Prepare and administer medications prescribed by the provider
• Perform complex procedures to include catheterizations - venipuncture - central line dressing changes - heparin or saline flushes in peripheral lines and PICC lines
• Assist provider with diagnostic tests and procedures
• Collect specimen samples from patients
• Recognize and supports suicide prevention initiatives
• Recognize and respond to patient emergencies - initiating life saving measures while waiting for help to arrive
• Document data and assessments into the electronic medical record following established guidelines
• Mentor lower graded LPNs and unlicensed medical staff
• Other duties as assigned
• Work Schedule: Evening (2:00pm - 2:00am) and Night Shift (6:00pm - 6:30am) positions available
• Rotating weekends and alternating holidays required
• Compressed/Flexible: Available Recruitment Incentive (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)
• Additional Pay: Shift Differential - 10% of basic pay for work performed during regularly scheduled hours between 6pm and 6am
• Weekend Premium - 25% of basic pay for work performed between the hours of midnight Friday and midnight Sunday
• This includes continuous service connected to work performed during these hours
• Holiday Pay - 2 times basic hourly rate for regularly scheduled - non-overtime work on a designated holiday
• 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
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Nebraska-Western Iowa is part of the VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23)
• The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers
• This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest
• As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care - you will operate in a model with three core elements - seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran
• This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community
• This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.