Nursing Assistant-Inpatient MH

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Mental Health Services Provided

We provide a range of mental health services such as:

• Short-term, inpatient care for Veterans with severe or life-threatening mental illness.
• Outpatient care for Veterans with serious mental illness who have a lot of trouble functioning in daily life.
• Regular outpatient care, which may include care provided over the phone, for Veterans facing a difficult time in their lives.
• Rehabilitation treatment and residential (live-in) programs for Veterans with mental health problems and other needs (like those related to homelessness, job training, and education) who would be best helped by getting treatment or living in a structured setting for a period of time.
• Primary care for many common mental and behavioral problems.
• Supported work settings to help Veterans join the work force and live well in the community.

We also provide care to Veterans in crisis. This includes:

• Emergency mental health care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, through VA medical centers and some local, non-VA hospitals.
• The Veterans Crisis Line, which offers support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for Veterans in crisis and their families and friends.

Work Schedule: Part-time/0.7 FTE/56 hours every 2 weeks on PM's/2nd shift with weekend and Federal holiday rotation required.

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): Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional