South Dakota Staffing
Licensed Practical Nurse-VA Community Living Center
South Dakota Staffing, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, 57102
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
This Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) position is located at the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System, VA Community Living Center in Sioux Falls, SD. The center's mission focuses on delivering compassionate, person-centered care to Veterans who need extended hospital stays and short-term rehabilitation services. In this capacity, the LPN collaborates with a nursing team to support Veterans in achieving optimal well-being, preventing health declines, and ensuring comfort during end-of-life care. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Assist with daily cares such as shower/bathing, dressing, ambulating, and feeding. Participate in the evaluation of responses to interventions in the areas of health promotion, wound care, basic physical/psychological/social assessments, support care plans, palliative care, hospice. Prepare and administer medications prescribed by the provider. Prioritize patient care needs, support care plans, seeking assistance and guidance by informing the CLC Registered Nurse or the CLC providers of changes in patient's condition. Perform complex procedures to include catheterizations, peripheral IV insertion, saline flushes in peripheral lines, and maintenance of peripheral lines. Assist provider with diagnostic tests and procedures. Collect specimen samples from patients. Recognize and respond to patient emergencies, initiating life saving measures while waiting for help to arrive. Ability to provide Basic Life Support if needed. Document data into the electronic medical record following established guidelines. Mentor lower graded LPNs and unlicensed medical staff. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Sunday-Saturday, Day/Evening/Night Shifts. Rotating holidays and weekends required. Work is scheduled in 8 and 12 hour shifts between 7:15 a.m-7:45p.m., 7:30 p.m.-7:30 a.m. 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). Additional Premium Pay: Shift Differential - 10% of basic pay for work performed during regularly scheduled hours between 6pm and 6am. Weekend Premium - 25% of basic pay for work performed between the hours of midnight Friday and midnight Sunday. This includes continuous service connected to work performed during these hours. Holiday Pay - 2 times basic hourly rate for regularly scheduled, non-overtime work on a designated holiday. 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) Requirements: You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a trial period. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements. Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must participate in a pre-employment physical evaluation. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Selected candidate must obtain/maintain basic life support (BLS) certification. Qualifications: Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States 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) and 7407(d), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Education - Graduate of a school of practical or vocational nursing approved by the appropriate State agency and/or accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission) at the time the program was completed by the applicant. (See Education section of this announcement for exceptions) Licensure - Active, full, current and unrestricted licensure as a Graduate Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurse in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico), of the United States or the District of Columbia. Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements stated above, the following qualification criteria must be met for each grade. The candidate's qualifications must clearly demonstrate the level of competence required for the grade. GS-03 - None beyond the basic requirements. GS-04 - Six months of qualifying experience as an LPN or LVN; OR Graduation from an approved school (which may be waived as provided in paragraph 4 of Section C) and one year of experience that involved nursing care work in a hospital, outpatient clinic, nursing home, or other supervised medical, nursing, or patient care facility that provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and procedures; OR Graduation from an approved school of at least 24 months duration. GS-05 - Completion of at least 1 year of qualifying experience at the GS-4 level or equivalent. GS-06 - Completion of at least one (1) year of additional qualifying experience at the GS-5 level or equivalent.
This Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) position is located at the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System, VA Community Living Center in Sioux Falls, SD. The center's mission focuses on delivering compassionate, person-centered care to Veterans who need extended hospital stays and short-term rehabilitation services. In this capacity, the LPN collaborates with a nursing team to support Veterans in achieving optimal well-being, preventing health declines, and ensuring comfort during end-of-life care. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Assist with daily cares such as shower/bathing, dressing, ambulating, and feeding. Participate in the evaluation of responses to interventions in the areas of health promotion, wound care, basic physical/psychological/social assessments, support care plans, palliative care, hospice. Prepare and administer medications prescribed by the provider. Prioritize patient care needs, support care plans, seeking assistance and guidance by informing the CLC Registered Nurse or the CLC providers of changes in patient's condition. Perform complex procedures to include catheterizations, peripheral IV insertion, saline flushes in peripheral lines, and maintenance of peripheral lines. Assist provider with diagnostic tests and procedures. Collect specimen samples from patients. Recognize and respond to patient emergencies, initiating life saving measures while waiting for help to arrive. Ability to provide Basic Life Support if needed. Document data into the electronic medical record following established guidelines. Mentor lower graded LPNs and unlicensed medical staff. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Sunday-Saturday, Day/Evening/Night Shifts. Rotating holidays and weekends required. Work is scheduled in 8 and 12 hour shifts between 7:15 a.m-7:45p.m., 7:30 p.m.-7:30 a.m. 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). Additional Premium Pay: Shift Differential - 10% of basic pay for work performed during regularly scheduled hours between 6pm and 6am. Weekend Premium - 25% of basic pay for work performed between the hours of midnight Friday and midnight Sunday. This includes continuous service connected to work performed during these hours. Holiday Pay - 2 times basic hourly rate for regularly scheduled, non-overtime work on a designated holiday. 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) Requirements: You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a trial period. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements. Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must participate in a pre-employment physical evaluation. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Selected candidate must obtain/maintain basic life support (BLS) certification. Qualifications: Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States 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) and 7407(d), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Education - Graduate of a school of practical or vocational nursing approved by the appropriate State agency and/or accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission) at the time the program was completed by the applicant. (See Education section of this announcement for exceptions) Licensure - Active, full, current and unrestricted licensure as a Graduate Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurse in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico), of the United States or the District of Columbia. Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements stated above, the following qualification criteria must be met for each grade. The candidate's qualifications must clearly demonstrate the level of competence required for the grade. GS-03 - None beyond the basic requirements. GS-04 - Six months of qualifying experience as an LPN or LVN; OR Graduation from an approved school (which may be waived as provided in paragraph 4 of Section C) and one year of experience that involved nursing care work in a hospital, outpatient clinic, nursing home, or other supervised medical, nursing, or patient care facility that provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and procedures; OR Graduation from an approved school of at least 24 months duration. GS-05 - Completion of at least 1 year of qualifying experience at the GS-4 level or equivalent. GS-06 - Completion of at least one (1) year of additional qualifying experience at the GS-5 level or equivalent.