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Nursing Assistant (Transporter)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 53 days ago
About the Role
The Nursing Assistant in APU/PACU provides direct patient care and supports licensed staff by assisting with daily living activities, monitoring patients, performing basic procedures, and documenting care. Additionally, this role transports patients safely, ensures proper hand-offs, and maintains patient safety throughout the transport process.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Nursing Assistant assists with activities of daily living and basic patient care needs, performs vital sign monitoring, collects and documents patient observations, and supports preventative measures such as skin breakdown prevention.
- →The NA collects laboratory specimens, performs EKGs and bladder scans, and adheres to infection control protocols.
- →Additional responsibilities include ensuring safe patient mobility, responding appropriately to emergent situations within the scope of practice (such as CPR), and communicating clearly with the health care team to ensure effective care transitions and warm hand-offs.
- →The NA safely transports patients between units, accompanies patients when indicated, and can transport discharged patients to their vehicles, ensuring continuous observation as needed and maintaining accountability and patient safety throughout the process.
- →The role also encompasses building therapeutic relationships with patients, contributing to patient care planning, and participating in ongoing training and competency assessments.
- →Pay Scale: V0F3 Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, compressed tour such as 6:00am-4:30pm or 7:00am to 5:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Available 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) Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: 31362F, 31363F, and 31364F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
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
Job ID: 42b2afbe-f3d0-4584-bb84-af7e7e1bfb71
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