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Nursing Assistant (Float Pool)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 10 days ago
About the Role
The Nursing Assistant is a member of the Float Team, providing assistance to the providers, nursing leadership team, registered nurses, and other team members. This Patient Care service line cares for patients admitted to the American Lake Campus. Patients may have a combination of acute or chronic health conditions, diminished cognitive functioning, including dementia, mild to severe disability, or receiving palliative or hospice care.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional PROVISION OF CARE: The position provides care in the Community Living Center (CLC), Domiciliary (DOM), and Blind Rehabilitation units.
- →The Nursing Assistant develops their practice and adherence to a high level of respect and knowledge of veteran patient rights and responsibilities.
- →The Nursing Assistant's practice includes all activities of daily living, and general nursing duties and tasks to help the team restore the veteran patient to the highest level of independence or remain comfortable toward the end of life.
- →The Nursing Assistant supports the unit operations and can be assigned clinical and non-clinical duties.
- →Duties listed are from the GS-05 level.
- →They include but are not limited to: Participates in activity and actions to improve the quality of care for veteran patients to include fall and pressure sore prevention; that includes learning to implement the organization's prevention guidelines on falls and pressure sores, and the veteran's specific plan of care.
- →Ensures the Veteran is wearing the correct identification bracelet.
- →Supervises patients and can mentor other NA's in personal hygiene, rest and eating.
- →Feeds and bathes patients who require assistance.
- →Helps patients in and out of bed, and with mobile devices.
- →Instructs and assists patients in the skills necessary to gain independence in activities of daily living.
- →Provides care to patients in isolation and patients on chemotherapy precautions.
- →Maintains privacy of patient and staff.
- →Performs and can mentor other NA's in a variety of general nursing duties including measurement and recording of vital signs, EKGs, weight, height, intake and output, post-mortem care, simple treatments such as hot and cold packs, changes clean or sterile dressings, applies external catheters, and gives catheter care.
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 dentification 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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