Practical Nurse - Queens, United States - US Veterans Health Administration

US Veterans Health Administration
US Veterans Health Administration
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Queens, United States

4 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Description

Duties:


  • Observes, reports and documents signs and symptoms of patient's general condition.
  • Communicate and interact appropriately and courteously with internal and external customers from various patient populations.
  • Participates in patient care conferences, exchanging information about patients' needs and condition.
  • Provides input into the Nursing Care Plan and/or the Interdisciplinary Plan of Care.
  • Provides direct nursing care to adult and geriatric patients according to nursing standards and Medical Center policy and procedure.
  • Bathing, showering, oral care, shaving, toe/fingernail care, fingernail clipping, feeding, turning, positioning, and ambulating, while considering agespecific needs, e.g. the geriatric patients' need for lubrication.
  • Collecting and labeling specimens, e.g. sputum, emesis, urine, stool.
  • Performing enterostomal care, perineal care, administering enemas and colostomy irrigations, while considering age specific needs, e.g. the geriatric patients' need for a bedpan.
  • Providing oral, nasopharyngeal and tracheal suctioning, tracheostomy care, administering oxygen.
  • Providing physical/emotional care to respirator dependent patients.
  • Administering enteral feedings.
  • Providing wound care and reporting any changes and/or progress to the RN.
  • Performing peritoneal dialysis.
  • Providing for lifting, moving, transferring, and/or transporting patients.
  • Using patient lifting devices, pressure relief mattresses, hyper/hypothermia blankets, electronic scales, feeding pumps.
  • Providing postmortem care.
  • Implements established care plan.
  • Reports and documents progress or changes in patient's behavior and/or physical condition to the RN and in the medical record.
  • Recognizes and initiates emergency measures consistent with training.
  • Reports changes in patient's behavior and or physical condition to the registered nurse and/or physician.
  • Performs such diagnostic procedures as cardiac monitoring (in specialty area), TPR, B/P, Pulse Oximetry, I&O, heights, weights, finger sticks, phlebotomies, and EKGs. Recognizes deviations from normal. Documents and reports result to the registered nurse and/or physician.

Work Schedule:
TBD at time interview


Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.


Permanent Change of Station (PCS):Not Authorized


PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO):Not Authorized


Financial Disclosure Report**:
Not required


Requirements:


Conditions of Employment:


  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/195
  • Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
  • You may be required to serve a probationary period.
  • Subject to background/security investigation.
  • Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
  • Must pass preemployment physical examination.
  • Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
  • Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP)
  • See "Additional Information" below for details.

Qualifications:


Grade Requirements:


GS-3 None beyond the basic requirements. LPNs at this grade level are expected to perform all duties within the scope of their license (e.g., medication administration); however, completed work may require routine or detailed higher level review depending upon the complexity of the duties involved.
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GS-4 Employees may be appointed at or advanced to GS-4 if they meet any of the criteria:

  • Six months of qualifying experience as an LPN or LVN; or
  • Graduation from an approved school, and one year of experience that involved nursing care work in a hospital, outpatient clinic, nursing home, or other supervised medical, nursing, or patient care facility that provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and procedures; or Graduation from an approved school of at least 24 months duration.

GS-5

  • Completion of at least 1 year of qualifying experience at the GS4 level or equivalent.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and ability to provide a full range of practical nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavioral problems. Works with the RN and/or MD/DO to appropriately orient/train less experienced LPNs/LVNs and/or Nursing Assistants (NAs)/Health Technicians (HTs) in relation to acceptable standards of practice in promoting optimal patient care delivery. Provides effective education to patients and/or family members in relation to common disease processes, medication, and /or prescribed treatment regimes.
  • Demonstrated ability to serve as a responsible member of the nursing team and interact in an appropriate manner with patients, family members, professional and other supportive personnel [involved in the delivery of patient care, incorporating acceptable, established c
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