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Nursing Assistant (Acute Care)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 53 days ago
About the Role
Serves as a member of the nursing care team, providing direct patient care under RN/LVN direction to patients with acute, sub-acute, and chronic conditions. Duties include vital signs, hygiene, mobility support, wound and skin care, safe patient handling, and emergency intervention. Promotes patient dignity, safety, and comfort while collaborating with the interdisciplinary team in a 24/7 tertiary care facility serving Veterans and their families.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Overview: Career-ladder Nursing Assistant position in Acute Care at South Texas Veterans' Healthcare System, a tertiary facility serving Veterans across acute, surgical, behavioral health, rehabilitation, geriatric, and primary care.
- →NAs are members of the interdisciplinary nursing team, providing direct patient care under RN/LVN clinical direction and Nurse Manager supervision.
- →This is a 24/7 facility requiring rotating shifts, weekends, and holidays.
- →May be filled at GS-3, GS-4, or GS-5, with promotion potential to the GS-5 full performance level.
- →GS-3 (Entry): Works under close, direct supervision with preceptor guidance; refers questions to licensed or higher-graded staff.
- →Learning basic duties: glucose monitoring, personal hygiene, physical comfort, nutrition, elimination, activity/rest, prevention of skin breakdown, and rehabilitative care.
- →Begins using observation and reporting skills.
- →Assists with patient/family orientation, equipment setup, and group activities.
- →Learning proper body mechanics and safe equipment use to prevent injury.
- →No independent on-call duties.
- →GS-4 (Developmental): Works under close RN/LVN supervision; directs same- or lower-graded staff on tasks.
- →Subject to rotating shifts and disaster labor pool reassignment.
- →GS-5 (Full Performance): Functions at the full performance level under RN-in-Charge direction; serves as preceptor/mentor to lower-graded NAs, overseeing orientation and practical experience.
- →Performs the same clinical, emergency, assessment, and communication duties as GS-4, with greater independence across more complex, less predictable assignments, plus peer education responsibilities and emphasis on calming, reassuring patient/family communication.
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.
- ✓Pre-Employment/Post-Employment Physical Examination: May be required, depending on the needs of the organization 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: 567a72bf-0538-4f95-ad1b-97db2fce58d0
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