- Position Title
- Telehealth Clinical Technician- TCT LPN
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBTC-12758382-25-DD Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, July 11, 2025 to Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you a Veterans Health Administration employee?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in this Licensed Practical Nurse position with the Department of Veterans Affairs at with the James A. Haley VAMC, Florida. Please select the appropriate answer to the following questions based on your education and experience. When answering the questionnaire, remember that your experience and education is subject to verification by investigation. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of experience or education as proof to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstration of your claimed ability to perform a task. FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THESE QUESTIONS WILL RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING. YOUR RESUME MUST SUPPORT THE RESPONSES YOU SELECT.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS: To qualify for this position, you must meet the Basic Requirements as well as the additional qualification requirements. 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. Please indicate Yes or No to the following questions.
1.
Are you a citizen or national of the United States of America?
Select the appropriate answers to the following questions based on your current level of education/ and or experience that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of Licensed Practical Nurse.
2.
To qualify applicants must be a graduate of practical or vocational nursing approved by the appropriate State accrediting agency and/or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing at the time the program was completed by the applicant. Health care education 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 will be accepted as meeting the education requirements for VHA employment. Select the one statement that best describes the education that you possess.
3.
Provide the following information regarding the academic institution from which you received your LPN education or other details to support your response.
Name of Institution
City and State
Level of Education (diploma, ASN, BSN, MSN, etc.)
Month and Year conferred
Name of Institution
City and State
Level of Education (diploma, ASN, BSN, MSN, etc.)
Month and Year conferred
4.
Licensure: Do you 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?
5.
Provide the following information regarding your LPN licensure.
Name on License
Issuing state or territory
Complete license number
Expiration date
Name on License
Issuing state or territory
Complete license number
Expiration date
6.
English Language Proficiency: In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Are you proficient in basic written and spoken English?
GRADE DETERMINATION: In addition to the basic requirements stated, the following qualification criteria must be met for the grade. The candidate's qualifications must clearly demonstrate the level of competence required for the grade.
(REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: Clear copy of transcripts, official or unofficial are acceptable; official transcripts will be confirmed prior to appointment). Individuals granted a license by a jurisdiction that does not require graduation from an approved school.
(REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: Clear copy of transcripts, official or unofficial are acceptable; official transcripts will be confirmed prior to appointment). Individuals granted a license by a jurisdiction that does not require graduation from an approved school.
7.
GS-7: Do you have at least one year of qualifying experience equivalent to the GS-6 level that has provided you with the following:
- Knowledge and skills necessary to care out more specialized patient care duties, including assignments in more complex inpatient and/or outpatient care settings.
- Ability to assist RN and/or MD/DO to appropriately prioritize overall patient care needs and adjust plans for care delivery making astute observations of subtle, less obvious changes (both physical and emotional) in patient's conditions and taking the appropriate action.
- Ability to proactively assist the RN or MD/OD in addressing patient's needs for medication/treatments, accurately administering prescribed medications/treatments and appropriately recording patient's response to medications/treatments received.
- Knowledge and skill to promptly recognize potential urgent or emergent patient care situations.
- Assists individuals or groups of patients and their families to take an active role in promoting health lifestyles for more positive outcomes. Exercises skill in influencing and communicating with unusually difficult to care for or communicate with patients and/or family members who may exhibit problems with lack of self-control, resistant or abusive behaviors, or impediments in their ability to understand or follow instructions.
- Exhibits skill, creativity, and initiative in contributing to the improvement of overall care delivery and patient and/or family satisfaction levels.
- Possesses comprehensive practical nursing knowledge and skills in specialized procedures and practices to serve as a resource person for other staff in organizing and implementing more complex/specialized patient care.
- Supports the RN or MD/DO in monitoring the practice of unlicensed nursing or non-medical staff in patient care delivery.
- Exercises independent technical judgments and applies a comprehensive working knowledge of the principles, art and science of practical nursing.
- Actively seeks out educational opportunities to enhance nursing knowledge and skills, sharing new knowledge gained with other staff to improve and advance nursing practice.
CERTIFICATION OF UNDERSTANDING:
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
8.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled; I may be denied an appointment; or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated and that responding "No" or providing no response to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.
RESUME REMINDERS - Your resume builder or CV, as applicable, must include the following information for each job listed: * Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible) * Month & year start/end dates (e.g., June 2007 to April 2008) * Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week). * We must be able to verify your current, unrestricted license and date of education conferred. * Duties (be as detailed as possible) Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held. Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail. Recommended: Even though we do not require a specific resume format, your resume must be clear so that we are able to fully evaluate your qualifications. To ensure you receive appropriate consideration, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to match your experiences with the positions held, you may lose consideration for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualifications. If you are a current Federal employee, your most recent, non-award, SF-50 may be submitted to verify. If your RESUME/APPLICATION/SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS do not contain sufficient information for us to verify level and date of education conferred, or we are unable to verify your current unrestricted license you will be rated as ineligible.
TRANSCRIPTS REMINDER. If you are basing your qualifications on education (or a combination of education and experience) you may submit a copy of your transcripts (official or unofficial) with your application. Be sure your name, name of the school attended, dates attended, and any degree conferred, or certificate issued is stated on the transcript. This information is used to verify qualifications and accreditation.
MOST CURRENT SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action showing your current Series, Grade and Step. Do not submit an Award SF-50.