TOPR : 0069- Licensed Practical Nurse

The Contractor shall provide 10 Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) to cover for Nursing vacancies or lack of available full-time employees while recruitment and hiring is in process, in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined herein, to the Charleston VA. The contract staff must be local to the main facility (Ralph H. Johnson VAMC 109 Bee St., Charleston, SC 29401) and outlying CBOC’s (VA Clinics).

Candidate profiles -

• ONE PDF per candidate
• in the following format :
• Candidate cover page
• Signed LOI
• Resume
• AHA BLS
• AHA ACLS
• Nursing License
• NPI
• OIG

Supplier Chat Respond By Date :  01 / 23 / 2025

TOPR Respond By Date : 01 / 31 / 2025

WAGE DETERMINATION AND FRINGE BENEFITS

CLASSIFICATION : TBD (AN EMAIL UPDATE WILL BE SENT ONCE CONFIRMED)

Listed classification rates for your review

12071 Licensed Practical Nurse I

$21.80

12072 Licensed Practical Nurse II

$24.38

12073 Licensed Practical Nurse III

$27.18

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The Contractor shall provide 10 Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) to cover for Nursing vacancies or lack of available full-time employees while recruitment and hiring is in process, in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined herein, to the Charleston. The contract staff must be local to the main facility and outlying CBOC’s (VA Clinics); there will not be any travel contracts . Charleston facilities include, but are not limited to :

Outlying Clinics could include :

Specialty / PACT Clinics : Day Shift / Monday through Fridays no weekends no holidays :  shifts, with alternating weekend shifts preferred

Shift Start

Shift End

700

1530

730

1600

800

1630

830

1700

900

1730

Off-duty hours are those hours in which the Contractor's employees are not at the Medical Center in performance of the required services.

National Holidays observed by the federal government are below :

(1)New Year's Day

(2)Martin Luther King Day

(3)Presidents’ Day

(4) Memorial Day

(5) Juneteenth

(6)Independence Day

(7) Labor Day

(8)Columbus Day

(9) Veterans Day

(10) Thanksgiving Day

(11) Christmas Day

(12) Any additional day specifically declared by the President of the United States to be a national holiday

SERVICES PROVIDED

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). Contractor will ensure that Contract LPN provides skilled nursing care to patients in Acute Care, Primary Care and Specialty Clinics in Charleston and VA Clinics (CBOC’s). He / she may perform those approved Medical Center procedures that are described in the Licensed Practical Nurse Act, Vocational Nurse VA Qualification Standards. The LPN demonstrates increasingly more independence in his / her management of patient care and demonstrates competence in caring for adult psychiatric, medical, and geriatric patients. Under the supervision of the nurse manager, the LPN works closely with others as needed in the Specialty Clinics and Primary Care setting throughout the Ralph H. Johnson VAMC and VA Clinics (CBOC’s). The LPN functions both dependently and independently with guidance and direction from the Nurse Manager / designee.

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Contractor will ensure that contract LPN provides skilled nursing care to patients in Specialty and Primary Care Clinics in Ralph H. Johnson VAMC, and surrounding Community-Based Outpatient Clinics. He / she may perform those approved Medical Center procedures that are described in the Licensed Practical Nurse Act, Vocational Nurse VA Qualification Standards. The Contract LPN demonstrates increasingly more independence in his / her management of patient care. The contract LPN demonstrates competence in caring for adult psychiatric, medical, and geriatric patients.

Under the supervision of the nurse manager, the LPN works closely with others as needed in the Acute Care Medical / Surgical areas and Primary Care setting throughout the CHARLESTON VA and surrounding Community-Based Outpatient Clinics. The LPN functions both dependently and independently with guidance and direction from the Nurse Manager / designee. LPN must have active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

QUALIFICATIONS

The minimum requirement for all LPNs assigned to the CHARLESTON VA shall include a current

unrestricted LPN license from any state (United States), and a current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) / Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate accredited by the American Heart Association.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

In addition to the immunizations mentioned the vendor will also include, at their expense, in the Orientation file for each employee, the following information :

Occupational Health Testing

The Contractor must provide documentation of compliance for all personnel performing services under this agreement :

Based on the COVID-19 vaccine mandate to include Hybrid Title 38, and Title 5 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare personnel-such as RNs, LPNs, and NAs, which includes volunteers and contractors, effectively this means that any Veterans Health Administration (VHA) employee, volunteer or contractor who works in VHA facilities, visits VHA facilities or provides direct care to those we serve are required to be vaccinated. The contractor employees must provide a copy of their and or provide exemptions (religious or medical) approved by the contractor not government.

The Contractor Health Requirements Checklist shall be completed for each Contract employee providing services under this Contract and forwarded to the COR prior to work start. This and additional information will be incorporated into the VA Orientation file that is prepared for each Contract employee prior to starting work at the CHARLESTON. This Orientation file changes from time to time to reflect new standards or improved efficiencies within the CHARLESTON. Current requirements will be provided by the COR.