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Nursing Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 130 days ago
About the Role
The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System provides a team of health care staff caring for a diverse age range of Veterans receiving care at our facility at various stages of life. The VANEOHS is recruiting for a Nursing Assistant, The Nursing Assistant will function in Cares Tower 5. The Nursing Assistant can function under the delegation of the RN, LPN, or provider and work directly with other medical staff to complete assignments.
What You'll Do
- →Duties for the position include but are not limited to: Assists with glasses, hearing aids, oral care, nail trimming, unless otherwise medically contraindicated, and other personal grooming as needed.
- →Provides patients' personal hygiene by assisting with bathing/showering, shampooing, shaving, dressing and toileting.
- →Provides ADLs by assisting with serving meals and/or feeding patients diets as ordered.
- →Ambulates and transfers patients including the use of assistive devices; turning and positioning patients that are in the bed or chair to help prevent skin breakdown; skin inspections of all areas prone to skin breakdown.
- →Safely transports patients in gurneys, wheelchairs or transport chairs and reports all observations of the patient's condition to RN, LPN, or provider.
- →Uses safe patient handling and mobility equipment, to prevent patient or staff injury.
- →Documents all nursing care in electronic health record (EHR), completes ADL templates in the Community Living Center, and on all units, completes forms, reports, and records.
- →Weighs patients, obtains heights, completes vital signs as ordered, and reports findings outside of normal limits to RN, LPN, or provider and, accurately documents all findings in EHR.
- →Maintains work operations by following policies and procedures including inventory and care of equipment, cleans equipment, and monitors equipment for safety.
- →Unsafe equipment will be immediately reported to supervisor.
- →Maintains current BLS requirements and completes all mandatory educational offerings by required due dates.
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: D/E ROTATION, E/N ROTATION.
- →ROTATING WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.
- →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).
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.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 4adab091-3d57-4932-ad7f-e277340ab917
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