Nursing Assistant- VA Community Living Center Home Health

Home-Based Care Role For Veterans

In this home-based care role, you will provide direct support to Veterans who require assistance with daily living, mobility, nutrition, and personal care. Working directly in Veterans' homes, you will help maintain their independence, monitor changes in condition, uphold safety and infection control practices, and collaborate with the care team. This position requires maintaining a valid driver's license to travel to assigned homes while delivering high-quality, Veteran-centered care.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Drive a government-issued vehicle to patient homes within a 60-minute radius of the Sioux Falls area; maintain safe driving practices, and adhere to all travel and documentation requirements.
• Provide care in a variety of home environments, including those that may be cluttered, unsanitary, or have known infestations; use appropriate infection control and safety precautions at all times.
• Provides personal care such as bathing, feeding, oral care, hygiene, and grooming.
• Assists with range of motion, ambulation, positioning, and turning.
• Utilizes principles of safe body mechanics in lifting, transfers, equipment handling, and care activities.
• Recognizes and properly uses equipment, materials, and supplies as delegated by the Registered Nurse (RN).
• Applies slings and braces when indicated.
• Prepares simple or light meals and reports any nutritional concerns to the RN.
• Observe skin integrity during personal care and immediately report any skin concerns, changes, or potential pressure areas to the RN.
• Performs light housekeeping tasks including dusting, sweeping, dishes, laundry, trash removal, and linen changes in the Veteran's home.
• Assists with bladder and bowel elimination, observes and reports function, and may apply condom catheters.
• Collects basic diagnostic specimens such as stool, urine, and sputum.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation of daily care in the electronic health record and maintains required competencies including Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Maintains a valid driver's license for home visits.

Total Rewards of an Allied Health Professional

Work Schedule: Intermittent; Monday-Friday 7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

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.

Driver's License: The position requires the ability to operate a government vehicle and the ability to travel for 2 continuous hours in a vehicle. The incumbent will be expected to travel to patient homes within the Catchment area. The incumbent will also be required to maintain a valid driver's license, car insurance, First Aid certification and may need to transport Veterans as needed.