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Nursing Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
Nursing Assistants function as a member of the nursing care team and assist licensed nursing staff in the care of patients/residents receiving preventative, acute, sub-acute chronic, maintenance , and hospice care. These duties may be performed in a variety of health care settings such as outpatient, inpatient, home, or Community Living Center (CLC), acute and sub-acute.
What You'll Do
- →Operates Equipment and Determines Technical Factors Determines technical factors, sets controls, and operates equipment, instruments, and monitors.
- →Assists patients with setting up oxygen, CPAP etc.
- →Uses equipment properly such as vital sign machines, EKG, bladder scan, AED etc.
- →Uses phones, patient lift equipment, and camera monitoring system/call system/panic alarm system.
- →Reports equipment malfunction to senior staff and puts in a work order when appropriate.
- →Recognizes abnormalities and brings them to the attention of the RN.
- →Notifies RN of results and ensures original results are made part of the permanent record.
- →Maintain administrative and clinical files.
- →Orders and maintains supplies for the unit to include specialized supplies pertaining to instruments used in the unit.
- →Properly stores and/or cleans equipment when testing is completed, or patient is discharged.
- →Maintains a Safe Environment/Receives/Directs Patients Maintains a therapeutic and safe ward milieu by identifying, reporting, and eliminating potential hazards.
- →Completes unit rounds and patient safety checks.
- →Completes hazardous items checks of unit, patients, and their belongings as indicated in facility SOP's, Memorandums, or Policies.
- →Performs one-to-one observations of patients.
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: 4c00d4c8-87e0-4d63-ba84-a9dd91f45bf9
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