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Nursing Assistant - Acute Psychiatry
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 10 days ago
About the Role
The Central Texas Health Care System is seeking qualified Nursing Assistants for our Acute Psychiatric Unit. This unit supports Veterans as they work toward returning to daily life by addressing their psychosocial, medical, and emotional needs. Nursing Assistants play a key role on the care team, assisting licensed staff in delivering preventive, acute, chronic, and hospice care.
What You'll Do
- →CTVHCS is in the process of making a cultural change, shifting from a disease-focused approach to a health and wellbeing approach, in order to implement the Whole Health System of Care.
- →This is a VA-wide initiative to provide a comprehensive and systematic approach to improve healthcare delivery at all stages of Veteran care.
- →This entails moving from an episodic, "siloed" approach to an interdisciplinary, holistic approach, emphasizing self-care in the larger context of well-being.
- →The NA will care for patients/residents with acute chronic conditions.
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to: Utilize glucose monitoring machine to collect and document appropriate glucose readings for assigned veteran.
- →Utilize observation skills for data collection, reporting and recording patient/resident observation.
- →Administers oxygen therapy.
- →Provide a range of patient/resident care and contribute to the completion of the nurse care plan and recovery of patients/residents.
- →Ability to properly use equipment, materials and supplies in simple diagnostic and treatment procedures including, but not limited to bladder scan, continuous passive motion device, and specimen collection.
- →Assist with minor procedures, including obtaining and arranging necessary equipment, positioning patient, ensuring comfort and privacy.
- →Reinforces patient and family heath education, to include self-management, prevention, and wellness.
- →Measures, records vital signs and enters them in CPRS.
- →Reports all significant deviations to the LVN, RN and/or other health care provider.
- →Identify urgent or emergent patient care situations, seek assistance, and intervene as directed when appropriate.
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
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