Nursing Assistant (Community Living Center 215-2)

Job Title

Allied Health Professional

Duties

Direct Patient Care

Provides advanced assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), including hygiene, toileting, feeding, and mobility.

Independently performs patient measurements, including vital signs, pain assessments, neurological checks, bladder scans, and oxygen monitoring.

Performs non-complex procedures, including specimen collection and simple dressing changes, with minimal supervision.

Assists with complex mobility, lift-equipment operation, weight-bearing support, and safe patient handling.

Recognizes and promptly reports changes in patient condition.

Safety, Infection Control & Environment

Applies infection-control principles, including airborne, contact, and droplet isolation.

Identifies environmental hazards and promptly escalates safety concerns.

Participates in fall-prevention and skin-integrity programs.

Virtual (Tele-Sit) Patient Monitoring

Conducts remote patient monitoring using approved VA virtual monitoring platforms.

Monitors for unsafe behaviors, including attempts to get out of bed, pulling at lines/tubes, agitation, and wandering.

Provides voice redirection through the tele-sit system when appropriate.

Notifies bedside staff of safety concerns requiring in-person intervention.

Documents observations according to unit policy.

Ensures equipment readiness, camera positioning, privacy, and confidentiality.

Clinical & Technical Support

Collects, labels, and processes routine specimens (urine, stool, sputum) per policy.

Provides basic wound care support, including simple dressing changes, under licensed staff direction.

Assists with specialized equipment, including telemetry, oxygen therapy, and suction equipment.

Supports patient transport to procedures and continuity of observation.

Accurately documents patient care in electronic health records.

Admissions, Transfers & Discharges

Assists with admissions by obtaining vital signs, orienting patients, and providing basic instruction.

Inventories, secures, and transfers patient belongings appropriately.

Supports discharges by escorting patients, coordinating transport, and assisting with final ADL needs.

Provides timely reports to unit staff, charge nurses, Patient Safety, and Flow Coordinators.

Collaborates with Nursing Leadership and interdisciplinary teams in clinical and administrative workflows.

Advises bedside teams when monitoring identifies patterns requiring intervention, including restlessness or repeated unsafe actions.

Documentation

Records monitoring activities, behavioral observations, interventions, and escalation steps in the EHR.

Documents interruptions, equipment malfunctions, and changes in patient risk per Virtual Monitoring guidelines.

Professional Judgment

Demonstrates situational awareness while monitoring multiple patients.

Applies VA de-escalation and therapeutic communication strategies.

Identifies when virtual monitoring is insufficient and recommends bedside sitters or environmental changes.

Communication/Teamwork/Coordination

Communicates effectively with RNs, LVNs, physicians, therapists, social workers, and administrative staff.

Participates in interdisciplinary huddles and nursing-administration workflows.

Coordinates with Nursing Leadership and interdisciplinary teams to address patient care and safety needs.

Work Schedule

Day & Night Shift Available. 7:30am-8:00pm & 7:30pm - 8:00am. Weekends and Holidays

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.

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Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

Not Authorized