Licensed Vocational Nurse-Intermittent​/Float Pool

Summary

The LVN assigned in the in‑patient care areas demonstrates active collaboration and communication with RN, Patient, Primary Care Provider, and other care team members.

• United States Citizenship:
  Non‑citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Education
  • Graduate of a school of practical or vocational nursing approved by the appropriate State agency and/or accredited by the National League for Nursing (NLNAC) at the time the Mojon was completed.
  • Exceptions include military service health‑care education or training accepted by the licensing body in the jurisdiction in which the individual is licensed as qualifying for full LPN/LVN licensure.
  • VHA employees who were converted to appointments under 38 U.S.C. 7401(3) or 7405 are excluded from this waiver.
• Licensure
  • Full‑active‑current and unrestricted licensure as a licensed practical or vocational nurse in a State, Territory, Commonwealth, or District of Columbia.
  • Licensed practical or vocational nurses appointed to direct patient care positions must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d).
  • May qualify under the Grandfathering Provision for current VHA employees who meet the criteria.
• Grade Determinations
  • GS‑3: LPNs expected to perform all duties within the scope of their license (e.g., medication administration) and may require higher‑level review depending on the complexity of duties.
  • GS‑4:
    Employees may be appointed or advanced to GS‑4 based on qualifying experience or education criteria described in paragraphs 3b‑2c.
  • GS‑5:
    At least one year of qualifying experience at GS‑4; capable of providing comprehensive practical nursing care and instructing less experienced staff.
  • GS‑6:
    At least one year of qualifying experience at GS‑5; technically proficient in initiating, performing, and completing assigned duties; able to observe, identify, and respond to patient needs.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
• Preferred Experience:
  
  One year of acute care or long‑term care experience.
• Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Standards/.

• VA Careers – Licensed Practical Nurse:
• Perform daily care for residents including activities of daily living, dressing, hygiene care, nail care, toileting, restorative programs, assistance with feeding, decluttering, end‑of‑life care, and post‑mortem care.
• Demonstrate a caring, compassionate, and respectful attitude.
• Assume a peer education and mentorship role with lower‑level LVNs, and serve as a team leader under RN guidance.
• Complete wound care treatment as ordered by the physician agregar documentation and assessment for preventative wound care treatment.
• Maintain a working knowledge of each neighborhood on unit and assist other staff as necessary to ensure proper care.
• Gather information about patient condition and communicate to RN to develop a specific plan of care.
• Understand and use nurse call and Wander guard systems, responding promptly to alarms and patient situations.
• Complete daily/shift documentation; not limited to CLC Wound Care & Treatment Note.
• Use appropriate infection control measures as listed in the orientation check‑off packet.
• Obtain intake and outputs accurately (oral intake, IV pump, feeding pump, Foley catheter, urinal, drains, etc.) and report shift totals/deviángates to RN.
• Collaborate with team, committees, work groups, and projects related to Veteran Care implementation.
• Assist provider and/or RN with data gathering, chart reviews, and documentation.
• Prepare specialty clinic for provider and patients by ensuring supplies and equipment, lab/diagnostics ordering, and results availability.
• Support team development through remediation, mentoring, certification, and product roll‑outs
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• Work schedule:
  
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• Recruitment Incentive (Sign‑on Organic..)
• Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):
  Not Authorized.
• Pay:
  Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
• Paid Time Off: 37‑50 days of annual paid time per year (13‑26 days annual leave, 13 days sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays).
• Parental Leave:
  After 12 months of employment – up to 12 weeks of paid leave.
• Child Care Subsidy:
  Eligibility criteria as described.
• Retirement:
  Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% contribution 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:
  Not a virtual positionയർ
• Functional Statement #: 52287F – 52288F – 52289F – 52290F (Permanent Change of Station – not authorized).