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Nursing Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
About the Role
The Nursing Assistant will develop skills in order to participate in assessing, implementing, and evaluating nursing care . The Nursing Assistant in this role provides care under close supervision and refers issues/questions to supervisors, higher graded NAs, or other healthcare professionals. These vacancies are located on 4A, which is the acute care Medical-Surgical Unit.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The nursing assistant will develop skills in order to participate in assessing, implementing, and evaluating nursing care.
- →Responsibilities will be completed under close supervision at all times as well as with appropriate training.
- →Duties include but are not limited to: identifies the needs of patients and performs a range of personal nursing care duties which include feeding, bathing, oral hygiene, nail care, hair care, and related personal hygiene duties.
- →Application and care of external catheter.
- →Provides post-mortem care.
- →Utilizes proper body mechanics to move, lift and transfer patients.
- →Maintains clean and neat environment for patients including cleaning of patient's room after bed bath and after discharge when necessary, keeping utility rooms, supply rooms, nurse servers, coffee rooms, bathrooms, and nutrition kitchens in order.
- →Answers patient's calls expediently.
- →Assists and/or escorts selected patients by minibus, car, and ambulance to and from hospital, Community Living Centers, etc.
- →Assists patients in use of ADL devices.
- →Provides indwelling catheter care according to procedure.
- →Assists with orientation of new patients to the unit and inspects their personal belonging in accordance with Medical Center Memorandum as directed by the professional nurse.
- →Performs enteral tube feedings (gastrostomy tube and naso-gastric tube feedings.) Gives individual care and attention to critically ill, emotionally unstable, and patients with multiple complex problems.
- →Demonstrates support of individual patient choices, dignity, autonomy, and preferred routines.
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 evauation.
- ✓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: d7528a9d-7c67-4d2d-8765-2ef44e224350
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