Nursing Assistant

Duties

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Duties for the position include but are not limited to:

• You will assist with glasses, hearing aids, oral care, nail trimming, unless otherwise medically contraindicated, and other personal grooming as needed.
• You will provide patients' personal hygiene by assisting with bathing/showering, shampooing, shaving, dressing and toileting.
• You will provide ADLs by assisting with serving meals and/or feeding patients diets as ordered.
• You will ambulate and transfer patients including the use of assistive devices; turning and positioning patients that are in the bed or chair to help prevent skin breakdown; skin inspections of all areas prone to skin breakdown.
• You will safely transport patients in gurneys, wheelchairs or transport chairs and reports all observations of the patient's condition to RN, LPN, or provider. Uses safe patient handling and mobility equipment, to prevent patient or staff injury.
• You will document all nursing care in electronic health record (EHR), completes ADL templates in the Community Living Center, and on all units, completes forms, reports, and records.
• You will weigh patients, obtain heights, complete vital signs as ordered, and report findings outside of normal limits to RN, LPN, or provider and, accurately documents all findings in EHR.
• You will maintain work operations by following policies and procedures including inventory and care of equipment, cleans equipment, and monitors equipment for safety. Unsafe equipment will be immediately reported to supervisor.
• You will maintain current BLS requirements and completes all mandatory educational offerings by required due dates.

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

: D/E ROTATION, E/N ROTATION. ROTATING WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.

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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).

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.

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.

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

Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

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This is not a virtual position.

: 93235-A; 93236-A; 93237-A

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