Licensed Practical Nurse - Telehealth

Summary

The Miami VA Healthcare System seeks a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for their Telehealth team within Connected Care. This position requires extensive practical nursing knowledge and skills. The LPN / LVN GS-7 role, performed, demands independent technical judgment and comprehensive practical nursing expertise. Employees at this level demonstrate advanced skills compared to lower grades.

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VA Careers - Licensed Practical Nurse :

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Duties to Include but are not limited to the following :

The incumbent provides a wide range of complex / specialized clinical and technical services that demonstrate complex technical judgement to assigned patients taking into consideration patients' ages, cultural backgrounds, education level, and any other special needs. The patient population is multi-faceted, including geriatric patients, patients from all war-time eras, female patients, and patients with complex psychiatric needs. The Advanced LVN / LPN completes assigned duties and responsibilities that involve performing non-standard and specialized practical nursing activities requiring broad nursing knowledge, experience, and skills to address a wide range of care needs. In addition to performing the duties of a GS-6 LVN / LPN, the incumbent demonstrates self-direction in performing an extensive range of nursing care according to established policies and procedures, which includes an expanded scope of practice.

Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT), Store and Forward Telehealth (SFT), Video Conferencing, VA Video Connect (WC), Virtual Care Manager (VCM), VA Mobile, My Healthy Vet (MHV), Home Telehealth (HT), and other telehealth applications are used to deliver care to Veterans. These technologies facilitate care in various settings, including VA Medical Centers (VAMCs), Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs), Vet Centers, affiliated organizations, and directly to Veterans in their homes.

The Advanced LVN / LPN has complex responsibilities above the level of a GS-6. At the GS 7 level the incumbent must exercise independent judgment and requires minimal supervisory oversight. Supervisory oversight for the Advanced LVN / LPN is the Facility Virtual Care Nurse Manager. The Advanced LVN / LPN is the Telehealth subject matter expert and facilitates, directly or indirectly through collaboration with colleagues (RN / HCP) and co-workers at his / her work site, the clinical, administrative and business components as set forth by VHA Office of Connected Care and Conditions of Participation Requirements. The incumbent must possess a current, unrestricted license to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse / Licensed Vocational Nurse.

This position requires that the incumbent provide services not only to their assigned duty station but to other sites across Miami VAMC and alternate outpatient clinics when needed. Must be experienced with VA Video Connect, Clinical Video Telehealth(CVT) and / or Store & Forward lmager and / or Preceptor. Additionally, Telehealth work is performed remotely to provide cross coverage to other CBOC and / or outpatient clinics as appropriate.

NOTE : Must have Personal Owned Vehicle with Valid Driver's License and be able to drive a GOV.

Travel Required : 25% or less- You may be expected to travel in this position.

Work Schedule : Monday - Friday, 8 : 00 AM - 4 : 30 PM, May include Holidays.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus) : Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance) : 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)

Telework : Not Available

Virtual : This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement # : Licensed Practical / Vocational Nurse, FS #30374F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS) : Not Authorized

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• 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.
• 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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider :

Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet the requirements by the closing date of this announcement, which is 12 / 15 / 2025

Basic Requirements :

Grade Determinations : In addition to the Basic Requirements, candidates must meet requirements for each grade level applied for as outlined below :

GS-7 : The GS-7 grade level is for select, complex LPN / LVN positions, as established by each health care facility. To be advanced, employees must meet all of the following standards, provided the standard is part of their assignment. Completion of at least one (1) year of additional qualifying experience at the GS-6 level or equivalent, fully meeting all of the performance requirements for the GS-6 LPN / LVN.

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).

Preferred Experience : Experience with utilizing Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT), Store and Forward Telehealth (SFT), Video Conferencing, VA Video Connect (VVC), Virtual Care Manager (VCM), VA Mobile, My Healthy Vet (MHV), Home Telehealth (HT), and other telehealth applications.

Reference : For more information on this qualification standard, please visit

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-07. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-07.

Physical Requirements : Requires visual acuity; keen hearing; clear distinctive speech; moderate lifting up to 35 pounds; walking and standing intermittently up to 4 hours; ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously; ability to distinguish shades of colors; intermittent typing; sitting; bending and stooping; reaching above the shoulder; fine motor movement of hands / fingers; hearing acuity to auscultate using a stethoscope (e.g., blood pressure); corrected vision to 20 / 30; ability to exert 20 pounds of pressure to compress an adult chest 2 inches for CPR; frequent hand washing / sanitizing.

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 : 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 :

Additional information

Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave : Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (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 rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.

During the application 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 application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration 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 status.

VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related 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 alternate 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 tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration / Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA / OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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