Summary

This Nursing Assistant position is located within the VA Community Living Center at CHI Midlands Hospital in Papillion, NE, providing care to Veterans receiving extended hospital care and short-term rehabilitation levels of care which includes help with activities of daily living, skilled nursing, and dementia care. The mission of a Community Living Center is to restore each Veteran to his or her highest level of well-being, to prevent declines in health, and provide comfort at the end of life.

Duties

• Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf Nursing Assistant - vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Nursing-Assistant-Career-Flyer.pdf This position is located within a VA Community Living Center (CLC) at Papillion - CHI Midlands Hospital Campus, 11111 South 84th Street, Papillion, NE, on the 5th and 6th floors
• VA Community Living Centers are a place where Veterans receive extended hospital care and short-term rehabilitation levels of care which includes help with activities of daily living, skilled nursing, and dementia care
• This CLC has a total of 33-beds, providing services to eligible Veterans needing skilled healthcare, rehabilitation, or dementia/ neurocognitive support
• Veterans stay for a short time (between 30-90 days)
• Major Duties of the CLC Nursing Assistant include, but are not limited to: Takes and records temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respirations, pulse oximetry, height and weight
• Assists with activities related to bathing, shaving, feeding, oral hygiene, ambulation, and dressing
• Performs basic procedures such as blood glucose testing and bladder scans
• Sets up equipment such as oxygen tanks, suction canisters, and cardiac monitors
• Escorts patients to different areas of the facility as needed
• Assists the RN or LPN in the rehabilitation goals, positioning patients for bedside procedures or cares, and ensuring overall safety
• Promotes Veteran participation in the therapeutic community by fostering self-reliance and independence
• Recognizes and supports suicide prevention initiatives
• Recognized emergency situations and initiates emergency procedures until help arrives
• Documents the patients daily living activities in electronic patient record system
• Interacts with patients' families, helping them to feel comfortable
• Other duties as assigned
• Work Schedule: Day and night shift positions are available
• Will be required to work rotating weekends and alternating holidays
• Will work six 12hr shifts and one 8hr shift each pay period
• Compressed/Flexible: Available Recruitment/Relocation Incentive: May be authorized for eligible, highly qualified applicants
• 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)
• Additional Pay: 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
• This includes continuous service connected to work performed during these hours
• Holiday Pay - 2 times basic hourly rate for regularly scheduled, non-overtime work on a designated holiday
• 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 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP): This occupational series is eligible for the Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP)
• Participants must sign a service agreement and maintain an acceptable level of performance to remain eligible for this program
• Funding is limited
• therefore, applications will be approved on a first-come basis.