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Nursing Assistant - Acute Care
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
About the Role
The Nursing Assistant (NA) at James H. Quillen VA Medical Center (JHQVAMC) is assigned to provide care for an adult/geriatric patient population, ranging from the critically/acutely ill patient to the chronically/terminally ill long-term patients, including mental health patients. The incumbent's work area may be either on a ward setting and/or with patients in transit or while in other designated places.
What You'll Do
- →The NA functions as a member of the nursing care team and assists licensed nursing staff in the care of patients/residents receiving preventive, acute, sub-acute chronic, maintenance, and hospice care.
- →The NA is able to provide patient/resident care during day, evening, and night tours of duty.
- →This includes not only the delivery of personal care but also observing, reporting, and recording pertinent information relative to patient care in the electronic medical record.
- →He/She/they possess the ability to recognize and react to emergent patient/resident care situations and intervene while waiting for assistance.
- →The NA can recognize the need for basic life support, control bleeding and assist with behavior crisis, etc.
- →He/She/They perform and/or assist with diagnostic studies and performs treatments/procedures.
- →He/She/They is responsible to assist or teach patients regarding selected treatment procedures.
- →The NA works with maximal initiative and minimal supervision, demonstrates leadership to the nursing assistant staff, and teaches proper technique and procedure by example.
- →He/She/They promote maximal patient motivation, independence, and rehabilitation.
- →And provides patients with a sense of self-worth and dignity by fostering self-reliance.
- →The NA may perform duties in a variety of healthcare settings such as outpatient, inpatient, long-term care, hospice/palliative care, acute and sub-acute under close supervision.
- →The NA will care for patients/residents with acute to chronic conditions.
- →He/She/They must have demonstrated knowledge and ability to provide a full range of nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavioral problems.
- →Work Schedule: Full-time- Night Shift :7:30pm-8:00am with rotating weekends Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 24b539c4-34dc-4008-9ea7-6af397792441
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