Nursing Assistant

Preferred experience in this Nursing Assistant position is in the area of Mental Health.

Salary Ranges:

* GS 3: $39,927 - 51,911

* GS 4: $42652 - $55,450

* GS 5: $47,720 - 62,036

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

The incumbent serves as a Nursing Assistant (NA) at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tomah, WI. The NA works under the supervision of a Registered Nurse/Licensed health care professional. This position requires a professional individual with a broad-based clinical knowledge. Previous Nursing Assistant experience is preferred.

Major duties of this position are, but not limited to:

* Assisting medical personnel in the care or treatment of residents with diverse conditions/diagnoses.

* Preparing, ambulating, transporting, and positioning residents with use of equipment.

* Providing a variety of personal care including but not limited to bathing, shaving, feeding, incontinence care, trimming nails, range of motion, and ambulation of residents.

* Performing a wide variety of duties aimed at increasing the comfort and spirit of the resident.

* Encourages residents and assists in completing restorative programs.

* Recognizes and reports obvious changes in resident condition.

* Delivers care to residents in a respectful, non-judgmental manner.

* Maintains resident privacy/confidentiality and residents rights to privacy/confidentiality.

* Accurately documents resident information on flow sheets and Computerized Patient Records System (CPRS).

* Provides resident information to the accountable LPN/RN for inclusion in the resident's plan of care.

* Completes assignments, reports to the accountable LPN/RN when assignment has been completed, or when unable to complete activities.

* Able to adjust to assignment changes.

* Effectively provide care to a veteran population with widely diverse conditions/diagnoses, including caring for residents at end-of-life.

Work Schedule:

4:00 pm-4:00 am

Pay:
Competitive salary and regular salary increases

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.

Child Care Subsidy:
After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.

Retirement:
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.

Insurance:
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Telework:
Not Available.

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 06531F, 06532F, 06437F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized.