The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System recruiting for an Licensed Practical Nurse (Telehealth Clinical Technician) . The Licensed Practical Nurse (Telehealth Clinical Technician) will function within the Telehealth section of the Community Outpatient Services.

Duties

VA Careers - Licensed Practical Nurse: https://youtube.com/embed/Ae85IP1Oiz4 Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf Licensed Practical Nurse - vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-LPN-Career-Flyer.pdf Provides nursing care for adults with population specific needs by incorporating pertinent physical, psychosocial, and cultural needs into the patient plan of care. Promotes the incorporation of current patient care data in actively contributing to the development of the patient's overall health plan and in carrying out assigned nursing interventions. Demonstrates nursing practice with remote supervision of a RN, physician, or licensed independent provider. Collaborates with and support the RN, physician, or licensed independent provider with appropriately prioritizing the overall patient care needs and adjusts plans for care delivery pm. Proactively assists the RN, physician, or licensed independent provider in addressing patient's needs for medications/treatments, accurately preparing and administering medications/treatments accurately and promptly under the general supervision of a RN, physician, or licensed independent provider per policies/procedures and including the patient's response to the medication/treatment Demonstrates understanding of the effects and/or subtle signs and symptoms of potential reactions caused by medications, treatments, and procedures. Promptly records and reports these observations and initiates appropriate, prescribed interventions. Performs personal care, diagnostic support duties and treatments according to procedure with minimal direction from the professional nurse in a timely manner. Completes required patient care documentation and records significant observations and actions utilizing the nursing process in a clear and concise manner. Demonstrates the ability to assist RN, physician, and/or licensed independent provider to appropriately prioritize overall patient care needs and adjust plans for care delivery. Makes astute observations of subtle, less obvious changes, both physical and emotional, in patient's condition, and accurately and thoroughly documents care delivered and patient's response to care that could require immediate modification of the patient's care plan. Demonstrates the knowledge and skill to recognize potential urgent/emergent patient care situations, seeks assistance of the RN, physician, or licensed independent provider for team interventions and effectively intervenes, as directed to assure safe and therapeutic patient care. Supports the RN, physician, and licensed independent provider in monitoring the practice of unlicensed or non-medical staff in patient care delivery. Promptly reports care that deviates from normal practice patterns to the registered nurse, physician, and independent provider so that care issues may be addressed immediately Performs Telehealth imaging, including Tele-Eye screening (Teleretinal Imaging and Tonometry), Teledermatology, Telewound care and other Telehealth programming, as identified and referred by the primary care provider, other providers, and the imager. Facilitation of the clinical, business, scheduling and technical aspects for real-time Telehealth applications. Conducts quality control procedures on equipment and products and maintains proper records for quality control reports and workload reporting. Coordinates with Biomedical and Information Technology staff for the installation upgrade of hardware and software for all Telehealth technologies. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8am - 4:30pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases 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: Telework is at the hiring manager's discretion. Details can be discuss during the interview. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 93260-A Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements

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. Must be a graduate of school of practical or vocational nursing approved by the appropriate State agency and/or accredited by the National League for Nursing. (Education will be waived for current VHA employees who were converted to appointments under 38 U.S.C. 7401(3) in implementation of Public Law 98-160, enacted November 21, 1983, and for VHA employees converted to appointments under 38 U.S.C. 7405 in implementation of Public Law 99-576, enacted October 28, 1986. The waiver will not apply to persons appointed under 38 U.S.C. 7401(3) or 7405 after these conversions.) Must possess a full, active, current and unrestricted licensure as a licensed practical or vocational nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or District of Columbia. Must possess a valid driver's license. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Grade Determinations: GS-07: Must possess at least one year of qualifying experience at the GS-6 level or equivalent. You must fully meet all performance requirements for the GS-6 LPN/LVN or equivalent and your resume must fully support this. Examples of experience include proficiency in initiating, performing and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations, knowledge and ability to appropriately carry out assigned patient care based on patients' conditions; selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments; completed work only needs a general review by a registered nurse or physician; preparing and administering prescribed medications (oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular and/or intravenous); recognizing urgent or emergent patient care situations, seeking assistance of the RN and/or MD/DO, and initiating appropriate emergency interventions as directed; and performing duties for complex diagnostic tests and/or specialized practices or procedures. Preferred Experience: Experience working in a community based outpatient clinic setting Experience with or as a tele-presenter for clinical video telehealth appointments Experience in performing Teleretinal imaging Experience in performing Tonometry Experience in performing Teledermatology imaging Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-07. Physical Requirements: The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The work requires long periods of standing and walking. There is some bending while using the telehealth equipment and for positioning patients. Patient mental status and physical habitus will require the incumbent to be able to assist patients during transfer that is required for examinations. The position may require up traveling to other community based outpatient clinic sites to provide patient care with prolonged sitting during the travel time.

Education

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System 10701 East Boulevard Cleveland, OH 44106 US
• Name: Marquis Belton
• Phone: 216-701-1726
• Email: [email protected]