<p>The Licensed Practical Nurse (Float) position works in Patient Care Services. The incumbent will provide safe and individualized nursing care to patients in the Mental Health, Community Living Center and Ambulatory Care locations. The incumbent will also interact with patients, families and other health care supportive personnel with the goal of delivering safe physical and emotional care to patients with increasingly complex needs.</p> <p>Open date has been extended to 04/14/2026.</p> <p>VA Careers - Licensed Practical Nurse: https://youtube.com/embed/Ae85IP1Oiz4</p> <p>Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional</p> <p>Duties include but are not limited to:</p> <ul> <li>Provide nursing care for and assistance to patients in meeting their personal hygiene needs such as bathing, feeding, lifting and turning. </li><li>Obtain and label routine urine, stool and sputum specimens. </li><li>Measure and record body temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure for </li></ul> <p>the patient's records.</p> <ul> <li>Perform such treatments and procedures as hot and cold compresses, enemas, sterile dressings and sitz bath. </li><li>Assist the doctor or nurse in patient examinations. </li><li>Prepares and administers prescribed medications (oral, topical and intramuscular)and observes for physical and emotional contraindications from the medications. </li><li>Observes, reports and records in the patient's care plan significant conditions both physical and emotional, obvious and subtle, which have relevance to the health status of the patient. </li></ul> <p>physical and emotional, obvious, and subtle, which have relevance to the health status of the patient.</p> <ul> <li>Responds to emergency situations such as cardiopulmonary arrest. </li><li>Sets up and gives treatments that require the assembly and operation of special equipment such as oxygen. </li><li>Communicates and treats customers (patients, visitors, volunteers, and all Medical Center staff) in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner. </li><li>Provides the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures. </li><li>Handles conflict and problems in dealing with the customer constructively and appropriately. </li></ul> <p>Work Schedule: 7:30am - 4:00pm, with rotation to weekends and holidays.</p> <p>Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized</p> <p>Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).</p> <p>Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)</p> <p>Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.</p> <p>Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.</p> <p>Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.</p> <p>Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA</p> <p>Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)</p> <p>Telework: Not Available</p> <p>Virtual: This is not a virtual position.</p> <p>Functional Statement #: 000000</p> <p>Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized</p> <p>PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized</p>