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Primary Care is seeking to recruit a highly qualified Licensed Practical Nurse for the Huntsville CBOC and Anniston CBOC. The LPN will serve on a PACT Team. PACT Team's are comprised of the following employees: A Primary Care Provider, Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse and the Advanced Medical Support Assistant.
09/04/2020 to 09/10/2020
$39,602 - $53,544 per year
Salary Range by location: Huntsville: $$41,187 to $53,544 Anniston: $39,602 to $51,484
GS 6
2 vacancies in the following locations:
No
Occasional travel - Occasional travel to other Clinics or CBOC's may be required as needed by Primary Care Service Line
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Excepted
6
No
Yes
CAZS-10896434-20-KR
576817600
U.S. Citizens and Current Permanent Federal Employees
The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is responsible and accountable for providing nursing care to individual and groups of patients for an aging, adult population. The incumbent must demonstrate good clinical practice, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. The LPN appropriately seeks assistance and guidance by informing the RN or the medical provider of changes in the patient's condition requiring a higher level of intervention. He/ she is responsible for observing, recording and reporting changes in the patient's condition, as well as assisting in the development and revision of the patient-driven holistic care plan for life. The LPN is a member of a core team consisting of the Patient, Primary Care Provider, RN Care Manager, and Medical Support Assistant. The incumbent is also a part of the expanded team consisting of family/ caregiver, internal and community based services involved in providing care to the patient. The PACT support team will assist with delivery of comprehensive primary care and gender specific specialty care through traditional modalities of care as well as via Tele-health and shared medical appointments. The team will also assist the clinic and Women's Health Program with care coordination, performance/quality initiatives, implementation of best practices and pilot projects, and training of primary care staff, medical residents and nursing students. The incumbent will complete other duties as assigned. The incumbent may be assigned and required to travel and work at various CBOCs as needed and work extended clinic hours as needed. The LPN position is clinically and administratively responsible to the Nurse Manager of Primary Care.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday,7:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M, 08:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., schedule may vary based needs of Primary Care Service line.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
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This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
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REQUIRED: VA Form 10-2850c Application for Associated Health Occupations can be found at: http://www.va.gov/vaforms/search_action.asp?FormNo=2850&tkey=&Action=Search.
REQUIRED: TRANSCRIPTS: Unofficial copy of your transcript showing conferred degree. An official, sealed copy of your transcript from your educational institution will be required upon selection. Do not submit a copy of your diploma, as it will not be considered in lieu of transcripts.
REQUIRED: SF-50 (if applicable): If you are a current federal employee, you MUST submit your most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) that shows your position information, including tenure, type of appointment (competitive/excepted), grade and step. DO NOT submit award SF-50s, as they do not contain the information required to assess eligibility. You may need to submit multiple SF-50's to prove your eligibility (i.e. Original Appointment SF-50 and Resignation SF-50 to show time-in-grade).
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualifications for this position. Please use this checklist to ensure you have included all documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/10/2020 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/10896434.
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