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Nursing Assistant - Mental Health
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 39 days ago
About the Role
The Mental Health Nursing Assistant at the Iowa City VA Health Care System provides compassionate, trauma-informed care on the acute inpatient psychiatry unit. You will support patient safety, assist with daily living needs, observe and report behavioral and clinical changes, and help maintain a therapeutic, recovery-focused environment.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties of the Nursing Assistant - Mental Health position include, but are not limited to: Assist with ADLs including bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, and promoting dignity and independence.
- →Support safe ambulation, transfers, and use of mobility devices using safe-handling practices.
- →Maintain a safe milieu through safety checks, 1:1 observation, environmental rounds, and monitoring for suicide, fall, and elopement risks.
- →Observe and report changes in mental status, mood, behavior, sleep, appetite, agitation, or confusion.
- →Use therapeutic communication, redirection, validation, and trauma-informed approaches.
- →Assist with de-escalation and Code Green response.
- →Obtain and document vital signs, pain scores, weight, oxygen saturation, and collect non-invasive specimens.
- →Assist with therapeutic programming, structured activities, coping-skills practice, and community meetings.
- →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) Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position.
- →Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination.
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination or evaluation.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
- ✓Training provided.
Personality Fit
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