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Nursing Assistant-Community Living Center
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 40 days ago
About the Role
This position is located at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center within Nursing, Community Living Center. The Nursing Assistant (NA) performs resident care in the Community Living Center (CLC). Assist licensed nursing staff in the care of patients/residents receiving preventive, acute, sub-acute chronic, maintenance, and hospice care.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but are 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.
- →Participates in orientation and training, responsible for maintaining all annual skills competencies for NAs.
- →Document in CPRS and complete resident Caribou ADL notes daily for each shift.
- →Complete chart audits for Oral Care and Caribou ADL notes.
- →Performing all other duties, as assigned Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: 7:45am-8:15pm, Alternate weekends 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) Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
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 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
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