Licensed Practical Nurse- Grand Island Community Living Center

Department of Veterans Affairs•Grand Island, NE

58d•Onsite

About The Position

This Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) position is located within the VA Community Living Center at the VA Medical Center in Grand Island, NE. The center's mission focuses on delivering compassionate, person-centered care to Veterans who need extended hospital stays and short-term rehabilitation services. In this capacity, the LPN collaborates with a nursing team to support Veterans in achieving optimal well-being, preventing health declines, and ensuring comfort during end-of-life care. Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Responsibilities

Contributes to nursing assessments and participates in the evaluation of responses to 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.
Performs complex procedures to include catheterizations, peripheral IV insertion/removal and venipuncture, saline flushes in peripheral lines and maintenance of peripheral 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. Ability to provide Basic Life Support if needed.
Document data and assessments into the electronic medical record following established guidelines.
Mentor lower graded LPNs and unlicensed medical staff.
Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP)