Outpatient Licensed Practical Nurse-Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Position Available In Lee, Florida

Outpient Licensed Practical Nurse-Pient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center, Veterans Health Administrion Summary The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is responsible for the delivery of care to Veterans in the primary care and/or specialty units. The LPN provides direct and indirect nursing care to pients and families within the clinic. Functions as a team member under the guidance of a Registered Nurse and is accountable for adhering to established policies, protocols, standards of care and standards of practice. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/22/2025 to 06/04/2025 Salary $44,380

• $74,711 per year Pay scale & grade GS 3
• 6 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Cape Coral, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—Ad-Hoc only Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 6 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12737618-25-NN

Control number 837467100 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency First area of considerion

• Current Permanent Bay Pines employees including Community Based Outpient Clinics (CBOCs).
  Second area of considerion
• Current permanent VA Nionwide employees.

Third area of considerion the Public.

NOTE:

Veteran’s Preference is not applicable to VA Employees or employees of other Federal agencies but applied to all other applicants. Videos Duties Demonstres an understanding in delivering holistic care through collaborive stregies with others in a team environment for pients within the assigned service. Has knowledge of program regulions and is able to carry out objectives of the Nursing program. Follows, guidelines to meet and maintain program requirements. Provides direct nursing care to pients in a variety of healthcare settings. Based on assigned area, performs nursing care to meet pient needs. Learns approprie policy and guidelines. Administers nursing care to pients, such as bhs or showers, enemas, trements, and minor dressing charges, as assigned. Prepares pient for diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures. Participes in the interdisciplinary trement team meeting process. Identifies, reports, and documents medicion errors/discrepancies, reactions, and side effects immediely, according to policy and procedure. Takes and accurely records vital signs, height and weight and records in Electronic Health Records. Prepares and administers prescribed medicions (oral, topical, subcutaneous, Intramuscular) and performs trements according to established policies/procedures. Collabores with PACT (Pient Aligned Care Team) to ensure veterans are screened for appointments, offered available immunizions, and monitors vital signs, and conditions in the outpient clinical setting. The LPN may be required to flo to all areas within the ambulory care clinics as needed based on facility needs. Licensed Practical Nurse•

Work Schedule :

Monday-Friday or Tuesday-Surday; 7:00 am-3:30pm or 7:30am-4:00pm

Compressed/Flexible :

Not Available Recruitment/Relocion Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized for highly qualified candides.

Pay:

Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step re of the approprie grade may be determined after considerion of higher or unique qualificions or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Re 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)

Telework :

Yes-Ad-hoc only

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : 21076 Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probionary period. Subject to background/security investigion. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( ). Effective May 7, 2025, driver’s licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examinion. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Qualificions Applicants pending the completion of educional or certificion/licensure requirements may be referred and tentively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements :

United Stes Citizenship :

Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), no person shall serve in direct pient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Educion

• Gradue of a school of practical or vocional nursing approved by the approprie Ste agency and/or accredited by the Nional League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) the time the program was completed by the applicant.

Exceptions include health care educion in the military service or training in the military service which is accepted by the licensing body in the jurisdiction in which the individual is licensed as qualifying for full LPN/LVN licensure accepted as meeting the educion requirements for VHA employment OR granted a license by a jurisdiction th does not require graduion from an approved school AND have least one year of successful practice as an

LPN/ LVN.

Licensure

• Active, full, current and unrestricted licensure as a Gradue Licensed Practical or Vocional Nurse in a Ste, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.

e., Puerto Rico), of the United Stes or the District of Columbia. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinions :

GS-03 : None beyond the basic requirements. LPNs this grade level are expected to perform all duties within the scope of their license (e.g., medicion administrion); however, completed work may require routine or detailed higher level review depending upon the complexity of the duties involved. GS-04: (a) Six months of qualifying experience as an LPN or LVN; or (b) Graduion from an approved school (which may be waived as provided in paragraph 4 of Section C) and one year of experience th involved nursing care work in a hospital, outpient clinic, nursing home, or other supervised medical, nursing, or pient care facility th provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and procedures; or (c) Graduion from an approved school of least 24 months durion. GS-05: Completion of least 1 year of qualifying experience the GS-4 level or equivalent. Knowledge and ability to provide a full range of practical nursing care to pients with a variety of physical and/or behavioral problems. Ability to serve as a responsible member of a nursing team and interact in an approprie manner with pients, family members, professional and/or other support personnel involved in the delivery of pient care. Knowledge and skill sufficient to prepare, administer, and appropriely document actions taken specific to commonly prescribed oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular and/or intravenous medicions. This includes observing and documenting pient responses to medicion and reporting noted changes in the pient’s condition. Knowledge and ability to recognize the need for and to institute emergency measures and assist in resuscition procedures in cardia and/or pulmonary arrest. Recognize and appropriely respond to breakage/malfunction or loss of equipment, safety hazards, and supply deficiencies. GS-06: Completion of] least [one (1)] year of [additional] qualifying experience the GS-5 level or equivalent [, fully meeting all performance requirements for the

GS-5 LPN/LVN.

Proficiency in initiing, performing, and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable pient populions. Knowledge and ability to appropriely carry out assigned pient care based on the pients’ conditions, using judgment in selecting the approprie order and sequence of procedures and trements, and accurely recognizing, reporting, and recording relevant pient informion. Ability to observe, identify, and response to a pient’s needs for care including medicion, equipment-assisted care, and pient/family educion. Prepares and administers prescribed medicions (oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular and/or intravenous) and performs trements according to established policies/procedures. Observes for, documents, and reports physical and/or emotional changes in the pient’s condition from prescribed medicions/trements. Knowledge and ability to recognize urgent or emergent pient care situions and initiing approprie emergency interventions as directed. Knowledge and understanding of human behavior, pient motivions and reactions to situions and the ability to appropriely utilize this knowledge in working effectively with pients, family members and other staff. Knowledge and skill in performing support duties for complex diagnostic tests and/or specialized practices or procedures, which includes preparing the pient and assisting in the diagnostic examinion, preparing, and handling specialized instruments or other specialized equipment, and monitoring the pient’s condition before, during, and following the procedure.

Preferred Experience:

Preferred Candide will have medical-surgical or primary care experience.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS 6. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS 3 to GS 6.

Physical Requirements:

The work requires physical exertion such as prolonged periods of standing, bending, reaching, crouching, stooping, stretching, and lifting moderely heavy items such as assisting pients, manuals, record boxes, or equipment. The work requires above average agility and dexterity. The incumbent may be required to travel between VA and/or CBOCs and possession of a valid driver’s license is required.

Educion Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : . Additional informion Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion)

Leave:

Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed. During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant’s criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members :

Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have

• whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee.

You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (VA) License Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/04/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Nadia Naqvi Phone Address CW Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 10000 Bay Pines Boulevard Bay Pines, FL 33744 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full

• and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (VA) License Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/04/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

USA JOBS

resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Nadia Naqvi Phone Address CW Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 10000 Bay Pines Boulevard Bay Pines, FL 33744 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full

• and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/22/2025 to 06/04/2025 Salary $44,380

• $74,711 per year Pay scale & grade GS 3
• 6 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Cape Coral, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—Ad-Hoc only Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 6 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12737618-25-NN

Control number 837467100 ., .