Nursing Assistant - Community Living Center - Dementia Care

Allied Health Professional

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assisting medical personnel in the care or treatment of residents with diverse conditions/diagnoses.
• Preparing, ambulating, transporting, and positioning residents with use of equipment.
• Providing a variety of personal care including but not limited to bathing, shaving, feeding, incontinence care, trimming nails, range of motion, and ambulation of residents.
• Performing a wide variety of duties aimed at increasing the comfort and spirit of the resident.
• Encouraging residents and assisting in completing restorative programs.
• Recognizing and reporting obvious changes in resident condition.
• Delivering care to residents in a respectful, non-judgmental manner.
• Maintaining resident privacy/confidentiality and residents rights to privacy/confidentiality.
• Documenting resident information on flow sheets and Computerized Patient Records System (CPRS).
• Providing resident information to the accountable LPN/RN for inclusion in the resident's plan of care.

Work Schedule: Days, with six 12 hour shifts 0730-2000 and one 8 hour shift 0730-1600 (bi-weekly); including weekends and holidays.

Compressed/Flexible: Available

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.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized

Physical requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination. The VA Central Iowa Health Care System is part of the VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23). The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.