Licensed Practical Nurse- Women's Health

The Women's Health Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) completes nursing intakes and provides nursing care to adult and geriatric patients within the Primary Care setting. Provides clinical support with Women's Health PACT team to ensure an efficient workflow and develop comprehensive health care plans and management. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include, but are not limited to: Provides evaluation and care consistent with licensure, certification, and functional statement with elements of practice, to patients assigned PACTs. Collaborates with PACT staff to develop comprehensive health care plans and care management plans for patients assigned to patient panels. Manages clinic workflow, ensuring patients are placed in examination rooms in a timely manner, and providing direction to patients as they move through the clinic environment. Participates in team performance improvement and sustainment activities to optimize team efficiency and care delivery to patients. Partners with clinical team with communications and facilitating safe transitions of patients between the PACT's site of care and other health care settings, using informal and formal communication methods. Provides effective education to patients and/or family member in relation to disease processes, medication and/or prescribed treatment regimens after collaboration with RN and/or health care team. Recognizes urgent or emergent patient care situations, seeks assistance of the RN and/or provider, and initiates appropriate emergency interventions as directed. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized 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). 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). Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. 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. 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. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Physical Requirements: This position requires some degree of fitness, strength, and agility. Duties require extensive periods of standing and walking. Working with patients requires regular and recurring bending, lifting, stooping, stretching, pushing, pulling, lifting arm overhead, and similar activities. You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination. Fargo is part of the VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23). The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you

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OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans? The Fargo VA Health Care System (HCS) proudly holds a 5-star CMS rating and a 5-star Community Living Center (CLC) rating and is recognized as #1 in patient experience and cleanliness among Level 2 Hospitals in the VHA. As a Joint Commission accredited medical/surgical hospital, it features 36 acute care beds, a 38-bed CLC, Primary Care and Specialty Clinics, and 10 Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) across ND and NW MN. Serving more than 36,000 Veterans in ND, 17 counties in NW MN, and one NE SD county, the Fargo VA HCS manages approximately 300,000 outpatient visits annually. They are affiliated with multiple colleges and universities to provide