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Salary** BONUS AVAILABLE with 2-YEAR COMMITTMENT**
The Community Living Center provides inpatient Veteran/resident care for Veterans with acute and chronic health conditions with diverse culture and religious/gender orientation. Veterans may need dementia, rehabilitation, Long Term, palliative and/or hospice care.
Practical Nurse (CLC) duties include but are not limited to:
- Delivers care to patients in a respectful non-judgmental manner and according to Patient Care Plan
- Demonstrates understanding of age - and population - specific characteristics that affect the health care needs of the veteran.
- Performs aspects of admission /discharge procedures as directed
- Collects patient data including observations of patient status (i.e. vital signs, intake/output, skin condition, mental status, etc.).
- Accurately reports patient/client information.
- Recognizes subtle and significant changes in the patient in response to nursing care.
- Promptly recognizes urgent or emergent patient care situations, seeks assistance and effectively intervenes as directed when appropriate.
- Communicates changes in patient condition/response to nursing care.
- Organizes/ prioritizes routine and non-routine nursing care activities (ADLs, medication administration, wound care, EKG, foley catheter insertion, bladder scan, etc.)
- Provides care to patients/clients appropriate to their cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation.
- Accurately documents and retrieves patient/clinical information using electronic medical record.
- Provides effective education to patients and/or family members in relation to common disease processes, medications, and/or prescribed diagnostic and/or treatment regimes, as directed.
- Adheres to standards of practice and safe technique in preparation and administration of medicine, documents administration in BCMA.
- Observes patient for adverse effects from medication and reports to the team RN.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $54,012.00 - $84,111.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Medical specialties:
- Geriatrics
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Physical setting:
- Long Term Care
- Nursing home
Standard shift:
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Night shift
Supplemental schedule:
- Holidays
- Overtime
Weekly schedule:
- Rotating weekends
Application Question(s):
- VA Qualification Standards require US Citizenship. Are you a US Citizen?
- What is your email address?
- What is your phone number?
- Did you complete LPN training? If so, email a copy of your transcript/certificate to PUGNurseRecruiter@va.gov.
Language:
- English (Required)
License/Certification:
- LVN/LPN License (Required)
- BLS Certification (Required)
Work Location: In person
