Nursing Assistant - VA Community Living Center

United States Department of Veterans Affairs • Sioux Falls, SD

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About The Position

This Nursing Assistant position is located within the Sioux Falls VA Medical Center - VA Community Living Center where Veterans receive nursing home level care including help with activities of daily living as well as skilled nursing and medical care. The Nursing Assistant delivers safe - basic physical and emotional care to residents with simple to complex needs while developing technical skills under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of nursing care activities which include bathing, feeding, oral care and related personal hygiene duties to include coordination of week and bathing schedule.
• Assists with range of motion, ambulation, lifting, getting Veteran ready for PT/OT, positioning and self-help activities.
• Correctly applies slings and braces.
• Assists with bladder and bowel elimination and may measure and apply condom catheters.
• Utilizes glucose monitoring machine to receive glucose readings for Veterans and alerts appropriate CLC staff to abnormal findings.
• Observes and reports current observations such as Veterans' physical condition, emotional response, observes skin condition, variations in vital signs, urine, stool or sputum personal habits of Veteran, and listens for clues to Veteran's reaction to illness and treatment, and reports observation to RN.
• Identifies and reports health and safety hazards in the work area and practices safe work habits.
• Recognizes and properly uses equipment, materials and supplies to carry out procedures and other assignments under the direction of the RN or LPN delegation.
• Serves as a responsible member of the nursing team requiring interaction with Veterans, family members, professional personnel, supportive personnel and members of other services responding to concerns of Veterans and visitors in a manner that is effective and improves customer satisfaction.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
• Shift Differential - 10% of basic pay for work performed during regularly scheduled hours between 6pm and 6am.
• Weekend Premium - 25% of basic pay for work performed between the hours of midnight Friday and midnight Sunday.
• Holiday Pay - 2 times basic hourly rate for regularly scheduled, non-overtime work on a designated holiday.
• 37-50 days of annual paid time off per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year).
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave after 12 months of employment.
• Child Care Subsidy for eligible full-time employees after 60 days of employment.
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs