What are the responsibilities and job description for the Practical Nurse position at Veterans Health Administration?
This is an LPN vacancy in the Community Living Center (CLC) at the Butler VA Medical Center. The LPN at the CLC performs progressively complex age specific nursing care for inpatients and outpatients ranging in age from adult to geriatric with a variety of physical, mental, behavioral, or psychosocial needs, which require increased judgement and independent action, according to assignment and training.
Grade Determinations:
Qualifications:
Basic Requirements:- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- Basic requirements as set forth in MPS Part1, Chapter 2, Change I Appendix M
dated August 15, 1990. - One (1) year of qualifying experience at the next lower grade or equivalent level.
Grade Determinations:
Qualifying experience includes nursing care work in a hospital, outpatient clinic, nursing home, or other supervised medical, nursing, or patient care facility that provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and procedures, performing such duties as:
- For GS-4:Successful completion of a program in practical nursing of a least 9 months' duration combined with 1 year of nursing assistant experience; or successful completion of a 2-year degree program in an accredited community college, junior college, or college or university in practical nursing. 6 months of nursing experience is required.
- For GS-5 and above: 1 year of nursing experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level is required.
Salary : $41,931 - $72,372
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