Nursing Assistant

Nursing Assistant Position

The incumbent serves as a Nursing Assistant (NA) at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tomah, WI. The NA works under the supervision of a Registered Nurse/Licensed health care professional. This position requires a professional individual with a broad-based clinical knowledge. Previous Nursing Assistant experience is preferred.

Major duties of this position are, but not limited to:

• Assisting medical personnel in the care or treatment of residents with diverse conditions/diagnoses.
• Preparing, ambulating, transporting, and positioning residents with use of equipment.
• Providing a variety of personal care including but not limited to bathing, shaving, feeding, incontinence care, trimming nails, range of motion, and ambulation of residents.
• Performing a wide variety of duties aimed at increasing the comfort and spirit of the resident.
• Encourages residents and assists in completing restorative programs.
• Recognizes and reports obvious changes in resident condition.
• Delivers care to residents in a respectful, non-judgmental manner.
• Maintains resident privacy/confidentiality and residents rights to privacy/confidentiality.
• Accurately documents resident information on flow sheets and Computerized Patient Records System (CPRS).
• Provides resident information to the accountable LPN/RN for inclusion in the resident's plan of care.
• Completes assignments, reports to the accountable LPN/RN when assignment has been completed, or when unable to complete activities.
• Able to adjust to assignment changes.
• Effectively provide care to a veteran population with widely diverse conditions/diagnoses, including caring for residents at end-of-life.

Work Schedule: 7:30 pm to 8:00 am

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 Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 06532F, 06532F, 06437D

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Approved