Nursing Assistant

Allied Health Professional

The work consists of providing a range of resident care and contributes to the completion of the treatment plan and the recovery of residents. This can include personal care, diagnostic support procedures, treatments, charting and resident teaching. The scope of care encompasses 24 hours, seven days a week responsibility and contributes to the functioning of all other services. The employee is required to recognize differences in a variety of situations and take appropriate action to meet the resident's needs. Work involves assigned duties that require prioritization of tasks, selection of appropriate equipment, selection of the appropriate procedure for assigned treatments, and recognition of differences in resident's medical condition to facilitate appropriate and accurate documentation. Practice settings may include Acute Care, Urgent Care, and Mental Health.

Major duties of the position include:

• Interacts with and provides resident specific care for residents of varying ages and lifestyles. Adapts approaches in resident interaction based on resident specific needs. Able to determine the differences of both physical and psychological effects of aging and distinguishes between normal aging process and pathological changes
• Monitors oxygen flow and changes oxygen tanks.
• Identifies need for and administers oxygen per mask and cannula as directed by professional nurse.
• Identifies need for and performs oral suctioning. Aware of and monitors residents with risk factors for airway compromise or obstruction.
• Recognizes emergency situations and institutes appropriate actions such as CPR, emergency measures for choking and trained in First Aid.
• Performs work requiring specialized knowledge of personal care procedures. Assists and encourages residents in activities of daily living (ADL), such as bed baths, showers, shampoos, oral hygiene, shaving, care of skin, nails, grooming, dressing and undressing. Offers and discusses options in the provision of nursing care with the resident whenever possible. Encourages resident to assume responsibility for self-care.
• Observes, reports and documents resident behavior associated with pain. Provides emotional support and comfort measures.
• Accompanies residents to meals. Assist with or feeds residents as appropriate to individual and nutritional needs. Provides supervision of residents in dining areas related to compliance with diet, resident behavior and potential emergencies
• Assists the resident with positioning, turning, ambulating, and transferring. Relates and adapts techniques to resident's condition

Work Schedule: 7:30am - 4:00pm; rotating weekends, days and holidays.

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (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 Authorized

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 02518F, 02537F, 02536F, Nursing Assistant - Clinical Pathway Acute Care/Mental Health

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized