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Nursing Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 days ago
About the Role
This position is for a Nursing Assistant on a 15-bed locked inpatient Mental Health Unit serving Veterans with psychiatric needs and medical comorbidities. Experience is preferred but not required. BLS and PMDB certifications are required and provided by the hospital.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Assists with/performs under the direct supervision of the recreation/occupational/physical therapist therapeutic and diversion activities for patients.
- →Obtains blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and blood glucose (finger stick) and records them appropriately in the medical record.
- →Is able to distinguish significant variances in vital signs and finger sticks and reports them to the responsible RN.
- →Assist or provide patients with personal hygiene, i.e., bathing, shaving, teeth brushing, nail care, hair combing, etc.
- →Provide patients with the appropriate level of assistance with activities of daily living, bathing, dressing, transferring, ambulating, feeding, and toileting.
- →Weighs patients and records them appropriately in the medical record.
- →Is knowledgeable about variances in weights and reports significant variances in weights to responsible RN.
- →Answers call lights promptly and in person.
- →Assists during emergency treatment situations obtaining equipment as necessary and running errands as needed.
- →Assists in emergency situations including, but not limited to CPR as needed.
- →Assists the nurse/MD/NP during procedures/treatments as needed following appropriate standards and guidelines.
- →Completes alt required Nursing Assistant initial and annual competency requirements.
- →Assists the team in reinforcing educational needs with patients.
- →Consistently follows the Plan of Care for each patient.
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.
- ✓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: b54cd899-2469-4656-a131-49b1cc67fa0d
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