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Nursing Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 128 days ago
About the Role
This position is organizationally aligned within the Community Living Center (CLC)/ Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC) division at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center. The CLC Nursing Assistant (NA) serves as an integral member of the healthcare team and is responsible for assisting the licensed nursing staff and interdisciplinary team in care of the residents/ patients. NA's work closely with our Veterans and their families to deliver exceptional customer and patient care.
What You'll Do
- →Valor Point (9A) is located within the Community Living Center and is a 40-bed unit consisting of two programs, Transitional Care and Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program (CIIRP).
- →Transitional Care is a short stay (less than 90 day) interdisciplinary program which serves medically and psychiatrically stable veterans and provides nursing and medical care prior to their return to a community setting.
- →This program provides wound care/healing IV therapy/TPN, various orthopedic diagnoses, respiratory care: veteran and family education and veterans waiting title 19 approval and guardianship.
- →The Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program is an acute care inpatient rehabilitation program providing comprehensive care by an interdisciplinary team to maximize function and abilities.
- →This program provides an opportunity for appropriate veterans to improve deficits in mobility, self-care or safety concerns with attainable goals.
- →Length of stay is determined by goals of care.
- →The patient population is dynamic and complex providing opportunities for nursing staff to experience a vast amount of diagnosis and hone assessment skills.
- →Major Duties: Personal patient care including bathing, feeding, grooming and mobilizing with demonstration of skills which reflect the needs of the older adult.
- →Appropriate support duties: Individualized patient care, proper implementation of policies and procedures, use of good body mechanics, and assists in application and operation of specialized functional equipment Supports duties for treatment services, such as specimen collection.
- →Provides Veteran centric care according to the individualized care plan.
- →Work Schedule: 1 PM shift vacancy: 1530-2400 every other weekend and holiday rotation. 1 DAY shift with rotation vacancy 0730-1600 every other weekend and holiday rotations.
- →Recruitment Incentive (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.
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.
- ✓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: 09f979aa-5030-4ef6-98e9-94bd8af6782f
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