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Nursing Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 147 days ago
About the Role
Nursing Assistants at this grade level function as a member of the nursing care team and 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 the following: Performs personal care, diagnostic support duties and treatments according to procedure under the direction of the professional nurse in a timely manner.
- →Responds to patient's nursing needs, including physical comfort, and emotional needs and recognizing deviations from the normal.
- →Will involve patients and family to participate in the provision of care throughout the continuum.
- →Participates and reinforces resources and referrals.
- →Completes assignments in a timely manner with constructive utilization of remaining time.
- →Organizes patient care assignments to meet the needs of the patients.
- →Participates in planning nursing care, recognizing changing needs, and prioritizing assignments.
- →Participation in the coordination of care and recommends resources and referrals.
- →Identifies changes in patient condition, both physical and emotional.
- →Reports these in a timely manner and initiates appropriate action.
- →Participates in Departmental meetings.
- →Reinforces patient and family teaching.
- →Clearly and accurately completes all necessary documentation.
- →Maintains a safe, clean, therapeutic environment and adheres to infection control guidelines.
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.
- ✓A drug test is required for this position, and the position is subject to random drug testing.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Pre-employment physical required 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) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period 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.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 32d111c0-d090-4f52-a9ab-bf54b546ab1e
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