Licensed Practical Nurse (Lpn/Lvn) - Ongoing Recruitment

Job Summary:
We are seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN/LVN) to join our healthcare team at Little Rock AFB, AR. As an LPN, you will provide deployment-related health assessment and mental health assessment service support in compliance with Department of Defense and Air Force policy and guidance. You will be responsible for initiating, performing, and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations. Additionally, you will administer medications, perform treatments, and assist in specialized practices or procedures. This position requires a current and unrestricted LPN license recognized by the State of practice.
Qualifications:
- Degree/Education: Graduate from an accredited community college, junior college, college, university, or vocational nursing program approved by the appropriate State agency. The program must be accredited by The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
- Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license as a Practical or Vocational Nurse.
- Experience: One year of practical or vocational nurse experience.
- Life Support Certification: Possess and maintain a current American Heart Association BLS Healthcare Provider certification.
- Must have the ability to pass a background check/security clearance.
Responsibilities:
- Provide deployment-related health assessment and mental health assessment service support in compliance with applicable Department of Defense and Air Force policy and guidance.
- Become proficient in the use of computer systems such as Composite Health Care Systems (CHCS), Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA), Aeromedical Services Information Management System (ASIMS), Preventive Health Assessment and Individual Medical Readiness (PIMR), and other relevant systems.
- Initiate, perform, and complete assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations.
- Use judgment in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments, and accurately recognize, report, and record relevant patient information.
- Observe, identify, and respond to the patient's needs for care, including medication administration, equipment-assisted care, and patient/family education.
- Prepare and administer prescribed medications and perform treatments according to established policies/procedures.
- Recognize urgent or emergent patient care situations, seek assistance from the RN and/or MD/DO, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed.
- Perform support duties for complex diagnostic tests and/or specialized practices or procedures.
- Orient peers and ancillary personnel to unit policies and procedures, skills, and standards of practice.
- Integrate healthy work environment principles that result in improved patient healthcare delivery, education of patients and their families, and employee satisfaction.
Staffing and Scheduling:
- The work schedule is Monday through Friday, from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, excluding federal holidays and down days.
- Contractors will be scheduled to work between 0700 and 1700, Monday through Friday, for eight duty hours with an uncompensated one-hour lunch period.
- The schedule will be set at the discretion of the MTF Section.
- Contractors will not exceed 40 hours per week and will not be required to work on federally recognized holidays or Down Days declared by the MTF CC.
- However, contractors might be scheduled to work on training and family days if required by their MTF Section.
Place of Performance:
The work will be performed at Little Rock AFB, AR 72099. Health Care Workers will receive two weeks' notice prior to reassignment to another location within a 40-mile commuting radius of their assigned MTF.