Nursing Assistant - Acute Psychiatry

Nursing Assistant

CTVHCS is in the process of making a cultural change, shifting from a disease-focused approach to a health and wellbeing approach, in order to implement the Whole Health System of Care. This is a VA-wide initiative to provide a comprehensive and systematic approach to improve healthcare delivery at all stages of Veteran care. This entails moving from an episodic, "siloed" approach to an interdisciplinary, holistic approach, emphasizing self-care in the larger context of well-being.

All staff in this facility will be part of this process, shifting the focus from the question, "What's the matter with you?" to the question, "What matters to you, and how can we help you live your best life?" This strategy also involves integrating a full range of conventional approaches with Complementary and Integrative Health (CIH) approaches in order to optimize lifelong health and well-being, as defined by the Veteran, rather than narrowly focusing on disease management.

The Nursing Assistant (NA) is learning to perform basic nursing duties under close supervision in a variety of health care settings such as outpatient, inpatient, home, or community living care, acute, sub-acute. The NA will care for patients/residents with acute chronic conditions. Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Utilize glucose monitoring machine to collect and document appropriate glucose readings for assigned veteran.
• Utilize observation skills for data collection, reporting and recording patient/resident observation.
• Administers oxygen therapy.
• Provide a range of patient/resident care and contribute to the completion of the nurse care plan and recovery of patients/residents.
• Ability to properly use equipment, materials and supplies in simple diagnostic and treatment procedures including, but not limited to bladder scan, continuous passive motion device, and specimen collection.
• Assist with minor procedures, including obtaining and arranging necessary equipment, positioning patient, ensuring comfort and privacy.
• Reinforces patient and family heath education, to include self-management, prevention, and wellness.
• Measures, records vital signs and enters them in CPRS.
• Reports all significant deviations to the LVN, RN and/or other health care provider.
• Identify urgent or emergent patient care situations, seek assistance, and intervene as directed when appropriate.

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Work Schedule:

Full-time, Rotating Shifts - All Tours: 7:30 a.m.

- 4:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m.

- 12:00 a.m. (midnight), 11:30 p.m.

- 8:00 a.m., or 7:30 a.m.

- 8:00 p.m., 11:30 a.m.

- 12:00 a.m. (midnight), and 7:30 p.m.

- 8:00 a.m.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):
Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):
Not Authorized

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.

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 #: 53053F, 53054F, and 53055F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized