Nursing Assistant - Community Living Center

Nursing Assistant

The Nursing Assistant (NA) will work in a Long Term Care Unit at either the Montrose or Castle Point Campus. The Community Living Center (CLC) Nursing Assistant (NA) will primarily perform assignments required in the 24/7 setting within Nursing Service and may perform assignments outside of the CLC as needed. This position requires the Nursing Assistant to work rotating shifts, weekends, and holidays to meet the operational needs of the home. The incumbent will uphold the standards of care as outlined by Facility / Nursing Service policies and procedures. The Nursing Assistant provides nursing care to a variety of residents within the Community Living Center. He/she functions as a member of the nursing care team and assist licensed nursing staff in the care of patients/residents receiving preventive, acute, sub-acute chronic, maintenance, hospice care, and may also assume a peer education/mentorship. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provides direct care for complex veterans
• Performs nursing care to meet the patient's/resident's need for personal hygiene, physical comfort, activity, exercise, rest, nutrition, elimination, prevention of skin breakdown, and rehabilitative aspects of care.
• Makes observations of subtle changes in resident's condition, i.e. behavior shifts, mood, skin coloring, appetite, etc. and takes action accordingly within the NA's assigned role.
• Documents care given, observations and responses on appropriate tools or forms and within the Electronic Health Record.
• Responds appropriately to subtle patient/resident changes by contacting the appropriate nursing personnel
• Performs tracheostomy care, including suctioning.
• Monitor and document patient/resident intake and output, reporting deviations timely and accurately
• Monitors patients/residents according to levels of observations i.e. one to one suicide, continuous observation, q 15 minute checks, and conducts intentional hourly rounding.
• Monitors Veterans who may be at risk for harming themselves and or others according to established policies and procedures and appropriately refers issues to the charge nurse or other health care professional.
• Performs nursing procedures within scope of practice and according to policies and standard procedures.
• Works on small group activities with veterans/residents according to the patients/resident treatment plan.
• Assisting with patient/resident education including orienting patient/resident/family to unit routines and policies.
• Recognizes the patient's/residents' autonomy and promotes independence by means of respect, limit setting and individualized treatment.
• Utilizes equipment to promote the veteran self-care, such as; lift equipment, and Veteran/Resident Wandering System. Verbally provides patient/resident information to the treatment team for inclusion in the patient's/residents' plan of care, participates in treatment team meetings for patient/resident care planning.
• Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper a septic technique in performance of duties.
• May serve as the unit safe patient handling liaison
• Orients members of the health care team to the CLC as appropriate
• Performs Restorative Nursing Care as assigned
• Manages disruptive patient/resident behavior and appropriately intervenes and requests assistance from other health care members.
• Appropriately initiates basic life support, takes appropriate action when directed during emergent situations.

Work Schedule: Full-time. Day/Evening/Night - Variable shifts available and will be discussed at interview.

Compressed/Flexible: May be authorized

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases

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)