Summary

This LPN position is located within the VA Community Living Center at CHI Midlands Hospital in Papillion, NE, 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 VA Community Living Centers (CLCs) are a place where Veterans receive extended hospital care and short-term rehabilitation levels of care which includes help with activities of daily living, skilled nursing, and dementia care
• This CLC is located within the Papillion - CHI Midlands Hospital Campus at 11111 South 84th Street, on the 5th and 6th floors
• The CLC has total of 33-beds, providing services to eligible Veterans needing skilled healthcare, rehabilitation, or dementia/ neurocognitive support
• Veterans stay for a short time (between 30-90 days)
• Major duties of the CLC 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, seek 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 support 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: Work is scheduled Sunday-Saturday, Days (6:30am to 7:00pm) Nights (6:30pm to 7:00am), with alternating weekends and holidays
• Both Full-time and Part-time positions available
• Compressed/Flexible: Available Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): A recruitment/relocation incentive may be authorized for eligible, highly qualified candidates 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) 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.