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This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until November 20, 2024. The first cut-off dates for referral of eligible applications will be 2/20/2024. All eligible applicants will be reviewed and referred to the hiring manager no later than 3/1/2024. Eligible applications received after 2/20/2024 date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis.
Duties
HIGHLY QUALIFIED APPLICANTS MAY QUALIFY FOR A RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE UP TO $20,000.
The Licensed Practical Nurse is responsible for assisting the Patient-Aligned Care Team (PACT). The Licensed Practical Nurse is responsible for basic duties as listed below and other duties as assigned:
- Ensure appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patients assigned to the patient panel.
- Utilize all available tools, such as registries, to enable effective and efficient identification and intervention of individual patients and cohorts.
- Function at the full extent of the team member's scope of practice based on experience/training.
- Participate in team performance improvement and sustainment activities to enhance care delivery to patients.
- Implement primary care operations management processes as appropriate; access, Veteran centered care, Life Goal, etc.
- Manage communications and facilitate safe transitions of the Veteran between the PACT and other health care settings using warm hand-off communication either in person or by telephone.
- Provide health education on wellness, disease prevention, chronic care management and self-management skills to patients and personal support persons, based on the documented expertise or professional training of the PACT member.
- Use informal/formal communications that are respectful, effective, and timely with all team members and other internal/external customers to convey significant, clinically relevant information for the care of the patient.
- Collaborate with informatics technology staff to develop and implement systematized, electronically supported, standardized, tools to support PACT care delivery processes (e.g., pre-visit reminder calls, post-hospitalization follow-up calls, recall scheduling procedures, new patient orientation, disease registries and primary care protocols for chronic disease management) as needed.
- Responsible for specific role assignments, including:
- Participate in PACT huddles/meetings
- Participate in process improvements and system redesign
- Promote personal, pro-active, Veteran Centered care
- Use shared decision making
- Assist with pre-visit phone calls to Veterans to complete reminders as appropriate and obtain reason for appointment if not indicated.
- Review daily clinic schedule for patient care needs
- Collaborate with PACT members to develop comprehensive health care plans and care management plans for Veterans assigned to panel.
- Use motivational interviewing and apply TEACH techniques to guide patients in setting goals.
- Manage clinic flow which includes the following:
- Vital signs and treatments as indicated/appropriate
- Complete appropriate clinical reminders
- Assist the provider with exam/procedures
- Administer and track immunizations
- Prepare and administer medications
- Complete orders per provider or protocol
- Keep providers on schedule
- Keep Veterans advised of delays/wait times
- Ensure visit closure
- Observe, record and report patient's response or changes in patient's condition
- Promptly recognize and respond to urgent or emergent situations
- Assist with orientation of new employees.
- Coordinate group visits.
- Check daily equipment/supplies and restock the exam rooms
- Promptly recognize and respond to urgent or emergent situations.
- Participate in group visits with team members
- Follow medical center policies
- Act as patient advocate; assuring patient understands content of visit and when to return to clinic, as well as how to contact team between visits.
- Promote patient and personal safety.
- Assist Care Manager in coordinating care for patients assigned to the PACT when Veterans are:
- Walking into the clinic without an appointment (take vital signs and gather data)
- Discharged from non-VA hospitals or seen in non-VA Emergency Departments
- Re-assigned to or from another PACT
- Receiving care from providers of specialty care
- Receiving care from several health care providers (dual care)
- Undergoing complex or high risk surgical or interventional procedures
- Help assure that there is no lapse in care for the patient
- Needing relevant information communicated to involved providers
- Makes PACT members aware of transitions of assigned patients between care settings and are involved when needed to facilitate safe, effective, and Veteran-centered transitions.
- Collaborating with PACT members to incorporate the logistical elements of care coordination into comprehensive care management plans.
Licensed Practical Nurse - vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-LPN-Career-Flyer.pdf
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am-4:30pm
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 000000
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
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