Job Overview:
The LPN will provide practical nursing services supporting outpatient operations at Andrew Rader U.S. Army Health Clinic (ARHC), Fort Myer, Virginia (ARHC). The nurse will perform assigned patient-care activities, monitor and document patient conditions, administer medications and treatments, assist with diagnostic and clinical procedures, provide patient education, and respond appropriately to urgent or emergency situations.
Key Duties:
- Provide assigned nursing care to various patient populations.
- Observe patients, identify their care needs, and accurately document and report relevant clinical information.
- Administer prescribed oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and/or intravenous medications within established policies and scope of practice.
- Provide equipment-assisted care and patient/family education.
- Prepare patients and assist healthcare providers with diagnostic tests and specialized procedures.
- Monitor patients before, during, and after procedures.
- Recognize urgent or emergency situations, obtain assistance from an RN or physician, and initiate directed emergency interventions.
- Follow infection-control, patient-safety, and DHA/MTF clinical requirements.
- Assist with orientation of peers and ancillary personnel regarding procedures and standards of practice.
Qualifications
Degree: Certificate.
Education: Graduate of a State Board of Nursing-approved LPN/LVN training program, or completion of equivalent military training that permits the individual to sit for the state licensure examination.
Experience: Minimum 1 year of experience within the last 2 years as a Practical or Vocational Nurse.
Licensure: Must hold a current, full, active, and unrestricted license as an LPN/LVN.
Certification: Must maintain applicable life-support certification required by the PWS/MTF.
Work Environment:
This position works in an outpatient Army health clinic supporting patients receiving ambulatory healthcare services. The LPN works as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team and must comply with DoD, DHA, ARHC, patient-safety, quality-assurance, infection-control, and clinical documentation requirements.
Schedule :
- 40 hours per week
- Monday–Friday
- Typical shifts: 6:30 AM–3:00 PM, 7:30 AM–4:30 PM, or 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
- Meal break: 30 minutes to 1 hour, unpaid
- Federal holidays: Not required to work
Additional Requirements:
Situational telework is permitted only for qualifying unplanned facility closures when management determines telework can support mission requirements. Contract workers must meet applicable DHA/MTF requirements for occupational health, credentialing, safety, security/access, and infection control.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
About Us
AIMS Locum Tenens, LLC, d/b/a AIMS Force, is a WOSB-certified healthcare management company based in the Northern Virginia and Washington, DC area. We focus on healthcare management in both the public and private sectors.AIMS Force is one of the fastest-growing healthcare management companies, specializing in placing highly skilled healthcare professionals in commercial and government healthcare facilities across the country. We have the experience, resources and scale to help physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals find both short-term and long-term opportunities in a wide range of specialties. We staff healthcare providers for short-term and long-term assignments at local, state and federal government healthcare facilities.At AIMS Force, we know that quality comes from attention to detail. We are a one-stop shop for healthcare facilities, handling every step of finding the right candidate: sourcing, recruitment, screening, credentialing, final placement and retention of highly qualified healthcare providers.AIMS Force provides highly qualified physicians and nurses to community hospitals, clinics and Army Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs) during staffing shortages. Hospital systems, MTFs, nursing homes and outpatient clinics benefit from our comprehensive, cost-effective supplemental medical staffing services.Our No. 1 priority is to provide the best service to our healthcare professionals and to our hospital and MTF clients. We welcome feedback and suggestions so we can keep improving.At AIMS Force, our core pillars of dedication, commitment, trustworthiness and superior service drive every part of our business.