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    Licensed Practical Nurse - Sioux Falls, United States - Department Of Veterans Affairs

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    This LPN position is located within the VA Community Living Center at Sioux Falls VA Health Care System 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.



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    This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until 09/30/2024. Vacancies may not presently exist for all work schedules but may become available at any point during the opening period of this vacancy announcement. Qualified applicants will be referred to hiring managers at regular intervals. Your application will remain active for 3 months. If you have not been selected after 3 months from your application date, you must resubmit to receive further consideration.

    Major Duties:

    The CLC LPN provides nursing care to patients according to established facility procedures adhering to all VA and nursing policies, procedures, standards, and protocol. Nursing care includes but is not limited to:

    • Personal Hygiene - bathing, oral hygiene, denture care, shaving and grooming.
    • Positioning - positions veterans using principles of body mechanics and proper lifting and positioning device.
    • Activity - assists residents with complications with activities of daily living.
    • Nutrition and Fluids -assists veterans at mealtime following safety factors, uses adaptive equipment as indicated, manages tube feedings and care of tube per facility policy, measures and records intake and output as indicated.
    • Medication - administers authorized medications through various routes per providers' orders.
    • Elimination - assist veterans with bowel and bladder elimination as indicated, collects specimens as ordered, measures and records output as indicated, manages urinary drainage devices as directed per facility policy, performs· bladder scans per facility policy.
    • Respiratory- positions veterans to promote breathing and maintain open airway, assists with set up and administration of oxygen therapy as ordered, performs oral and naso-pharyngeal suctioning as ordered.
    • Skin - observes, maintains, and promotes skin integrity by following evidence-based practice guidelines, facility policies, procedures, and protocols.
    • Support - interacts with veterans and family members in a kind and caring manner especially during end-of-life, assists with care of body after death.
    • Data Collection - obtains records and reports vital signs and measurements which include temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, height, weight, peripheral blood sugar, pulse oximetry and pain.
    • Communication - reports significant changes or concerns in the patient's physical or psychosocial condition to the RN/Provider. Appropriately screens and intervenes in situations requiring a report to the RN/Provider.
    Work Schedule: Full-time and Part-time positions are available. Work is scheduled days, evenings and nights. Alternating weekends and holidays is required. Actual tour of duty can be discussed during interview.

    Compressed/Flexible:Available

    Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Recruitment/Relocation incentive up to $10,000.00 authorized for eligible, highly qualified candidates. A service agreement is required for all recruitment/relocation incentives.

    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 existing pay, 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: For Full-time employees: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year). Paid time off is pro-rated for part-time employees based on hours worked per week.

    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.

    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 insurance(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.

    Financial Disclosure Report: Not required


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