License Practical Nurse, Ambulatory Care - Sevierville

The LPN is administratively responsible and accountable to the Nurse Manager (NM) or designee in the Primary Care Clinic. The LPN is accountable for delivering patient care to the adult / geriatric patient population with a varying diagnosis and treatments. The LPN exercises judgment within the scope of training and experience. The work involves a sequence of duties requiring the employee to set priorities and determine the proper nursing procedures.

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Clinical Nursing Practice :

• Demonstrates proficiency in initiating, performing, and completing assigned duties while providing care to diverse patient populations.
• Maintains knowledge and ability to carry out patient care determined by the patient's condition utilizing judgement in selecting appropriate orders, procedures, and treatments; and recognizing, reporting, and recording relevant patient information to include urgent and emergent situations.
• Observes, identifies, and responds to patient needs for medication, medical equipment, and patient / family education while considering emotional, cultural, spiritual, socio-economic, and age-related factors.
• Maintains knowledge and skill to prepare, administer and appropriately document actions taken specific to commonly prescribed oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular and / or intravenous medications as permitted by approved local facility policies and procedures.

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Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) :

Work Schedule : Full time

Recruitment Incentive : Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station : 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).

Pay Scale : V0Q2

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.

Functional Statement # : 61005-F; 61004-F; 61003-F; 61006-F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS) : Not Authorized