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Nursing Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?
What You'll Do
- →These positions are located at the Clement J.
- →Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI.
- →Located in the Acute Care Inpatient Nursing (ACIN) Division, floating to where extra help is needed within ACIN.
- →As part of the Acute Care Resource Pool NAs deliver care to patients in ACIN, which includes a 30-bed Medical Oncology unit, a 11-bed Cardiac unit, a 17-bed medical surgical unit and a 30-bed medical surgical unit.
- →As a member of the ACRP, staff are afforded a unique opportunity to advance their career and expand their skills by working in diverse environments.
- →The ACRP NA is used as an adjunct throughout the acute care areas to ensure each unit is adequately staffed to provide optimum care to all patients.
- →The NA functions as a member of the nursing care team and assists licensed nursing staff in the care of Veterans receiving preventive, acute, sub-acute chronic, maintenance, and or hospice care.
- →The NA performs activities of daily living and provides a range of care that contributes to the Veterans treatment plan, recovery, and wellness under the direction of a licensed health care provider.
- →Work Schedule: Full-time, Days/1st shift or PM's/2nd shift, with weekend and Federal holiday rotation required.
- →Days/1st shift may also include rotation to off-tours as needed.
- →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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/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: 981b3066-8e17-4e92-b48f-e01157ef22fa
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