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Nursing Assistant-Community Living Center
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 15 days ago
About the Role
This Nursing Assistant (NA) position is located in the Community Living Center (CLC) at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center in Fayetteville, NC aligned under the Geriatrics and Extended Care Service Line. The Nursing Assistant functions as a member of the nursing care team and assists the Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), Registered Nurses (RNs), and other healthcare providers in the provision of patient care in the Long Term Care facility.
What You'll Do
- →Main duties, skills and abilities are required, but not limited to: Initiating, performing and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable resident populations.
- →Maintain good communication with Nurse Manager, nursing staff and facility staff.
- →Serve as a liaison between Charge Nurse, Nurse Manager, and Nursing Assistant peers.
- →Communicate orally with residents' families, interdisciplinary team, and interact appropriately and courteously with internal and external customers.
- →Functions as a NA on assigned shift, notifies shift RN, LPN, and other NAs of changes in nursing department, in resident's condition, and relay any problems to the Charge Nurse or Nurse Manager ensuring effective communication, during shift change.
- →Demonstrates interdepartmental teamwork, collaborates with interdisciplinary team, during interdisciplinary meetings to promote better outcomes for residents.
- →Maintains a working knowledge of all policies and procedures.
- →Participates in orientation and training, responsible for maintaining all annual skills competencies for NAs.
- →Makes environmental, dignity, and safety rounds.
- →Participates in hourly rounding to prevent falls, meet resident's needs, and enhance the well-being of all residents in the CLC.
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: Full-Time, Hours will be at the need of the Service and will be discussed doing the interview.
- →Compressed/Flexible: Not Available 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.
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 6e368eaa-31c7-497f-bbfa-98f348daee63
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