The Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Telehealth Care Technician performs complex nursing assignments and specialized telehealth duties under general supervision. Key responsibilities include conducting telehealth imaging, providing patient education, performing auxiliary testing, documenting in CPRS, coordinating virtual care, overseeing telehealth metrics, and collaborating with healthcare providers.
VA Careers - Licensed Practical Nurse: https://youtube.com/embed/Ae85IP1Oiz4 Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include but are not limited to: Performing more complex nursing assignments within the practice setting, possessing comprehensive practical nursing knowledge and skills in specialized procedures and practices. Exercising independent technical judgments while working under general supervision and functioning at a fully successful level.
Performing telehealth imaging, such as tele-retinal screening, tele-dermatology, tele-wound care imaging, and other telehealth programming identified and referred by primary care providers, other providers, and imagers. Providing patient education related to telehealth care processes, disease processes, disease management, and preventative health care. Completing and initiating appropriate clinical reminders, consults, and alerts.
Utilizing CPRS Vista Imaging to document telehealth images. Utilizing CPRS to document all clinical observations, information, and patient education. Promptly recognizing urgent or emergent patient care situations, seeking assistance, and effectively intervening as directed when appropriate. Performing auxiliary testing such as visual acuity, papillary function, estimation of anterior chamber angle depth, intraocular pressure, dilation, and visual field.
Scheduling, confirming, coordinating, and providing technical support for telehealth services. Reviewing planned telehealth encounters to ensure appropriate resources (such as clinical peripherals and video conferencing) are available and appropriate modes and circumstances for telehealth modalities have been ordered based on patient needs.
Preparing the telehealth patient room and equipment for examination, training, education, access, and establishing online, video conferencing, or other connections. Providing "hands-on" assistance to the provider and patient as part of the encounter, training, or interaction as needed. Overseeing telehealth metrics. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30AM - 4PM Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (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 #: 74975 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.
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/.
amira.sago@va.gov · 8285731455
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $61650 – $80147/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-13.
This is a Monday - Friday, 7:30AM - 4PM position.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
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