Nursing Assistant (Long-Term Cognitive Impairment Unit)

Quick Facts

• Full-time Nursing Assistant role in an inpatient Long Term Cognitive Impairment Unit
• Schedule: evenings, with rotating weekends and holidays (40 hours/week)

Description

Serve as a Nursing Assistant in a fast-paced nursing operations setting, assisting licensed nursing staff and the care team with inpatient Veterans’ needs under RN direction. Responsibilities include monitoring and reporting vital signs, providing total ADL care and mobility support, and performing selected basic clinical tasks such as EKGs, blood glucose testing, and specimen handling. You will initiate emergency action in life-threatening situations and document patient care as required.

Responsibilities

• Take, record, and report vital signs accurately
• Assist with total ADL care, including bowel/bladder management, feeding, and repositioning
• Assist with hoyer lift transfers and wheelchair use
• Provide safe environments and complete hourly rounds as directed
• Initiate emergency action and alert licensed personnel in life-threatening events (e.g., cardiac/respiratory arrest, massive bleeding, shock, assaultive behavior)
• Perform EKGs
• Document ADL care provided
• Obtain, properly label, and prepare specimens for transport for testing
• Perform blood glucose testing
• Clean/disinfect rooms and medical equipment after patient use
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Proficiency in written and spoken English
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Complete onboarding requirements and pass pre-employment physical evaluation
• Pass required urinalysis drug screening if selected; refusal results in denial
• Selective Service registration required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Participation in seasonal influenza vaccination program
• Complete all application requirements and required documents
• Meet basic education/experience requirements for Nursing Assistant (6 months general experience OR 1 year post-high-school NA-related education OR <1 year intensive specialized NA training), and meet grade-specific GS-4/GS-5 experience/education and KSAs
• Ability to meet physical requirements (visual acuity, hearing, clear speech, manual dexterity; prolonged standing/walking; ability to transfer patients; exposure to infections/combative patients; ability to use protective clothing)

Benefits

• 37–50 days of annual paid time off per year (annual leave, sick leave, and 11 paid Federal holidays)
• Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work experience or military service
• Paid parental leave after 12 months (up to 12 weeks)
• Child care subsidy after 60 days for eligible full-time employees (income-based)
• Traditional federal pension and federal 401(k) with up to 5% employer contributions
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance (many programs can carry into retirement)