Nursing Assistant- Acute Care
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About the role
Summary text...
Responsibilities
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Qualifications
Basic Requirements...
- ... GS-3 ...
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We also have "Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional" heading in original; we can treat as Benefits.
We have Pay details: Competitive salary, step rate, etc. Also Additional Pay details.
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Summary paragraph:
"This Nursing Assistant functions as a member of a nursing team assigned to a medical/surgical unit within the Omaha VA Medical Center - in Omaha - NE. The Nursing Assistant supports professional nursing staff in the care of Veterans with a variety of medical - surgical - and psychiatric conditions such as advanced infections - amputations - pneumonia - joint replacement - etc. The Nursing Assistant will work primarily in their home unit - but may be required to provide support in other areas as needed."
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Responsibilities: list from "Major duties for the Nursing Assistant include - but are not limited to:" then bullet list.
Let's extract each duty:
- Assisting nursing staff with patient admissions - transfer - and discharges by inventorying and storing patients' belongings - providing patients with personal care items - and orienting patients and their families
- Providing care for patients receiving chemotherapy and being aware of chemo precautions
- Maintaining patient stability by checking vital signs and weight - recording intake and output - dispensing/retrieving patient care supplies - reporting abnormal vital signs to charge nurse or primary RN - and accurately documents electronic medical record with patient care - needs - and progress
- Understanding when results or changes in a patient's condition need to be reported to the primary RN
- Ensuring environmental cleanliness of patient room and care areas
- Assisting patients to complete activities of daily living (ADLs)
ADLs include but are not limited to: repositioning - ambulating - toileting - eating/drinking - bathing - oral care/denture care - nail care - grooming (shaving - brushing hair) - skin care - changing linens and keeping patient rooms free of tripping hazards and generally tidy
All cares will be carried out while providing the patient privacy and dignity
- Accompanying patients for tests/procedures
- Performing technical tasks with appropriate training such as administering as 12-Lead Electrocardiogram test and bladder scanning
- Being a safety attendant for patients
- Other duties as assigned
We need to preserve all; we can break into list items; sub-items can be included within same li using commas or separate sublist? Simpler: each bullet as a duty; we can include ADLs description inside same li.
Qualifications: include basic requirements: US Citizenship, English Language Proficiency, Experience-Education-or-Training (options). Then Grade Determinations: GS-3, GS-4, GS-5 details.
We need to preserve all specifics.
Let's extract:
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- English Language Proficiency: In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) - no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English
- Experience - Education or Training: You must meet one of the following to meet the basic requirements for a Nursing Assistant (NA):
* Six (6) months of general experience
Experience must demonstrate the ability to acquire the knowledge and skills to perform the work of a NA
* OR - One year of education above high school with courses related to the NA occupation
* OR - Completion of an intensive - specialized - occupation-related training course of study or program of less than one year as a NA may also meet in full the experience requirements for GS-3.
Grade Determinations:
- In addition to the basic requirements stated above - the following qualification criteria must be met for each grade
* The candidate's qualifications must clearly demonstrate the level of competence required for the grade
* GS-03 - None beyond the basic requirements
NAs at this grade NAs are considered entry-level and are closely supervised
* GS-04 - To qualify at the GS-4 level you must meet the following:
EXPERIENCE: One (1) year of experience as a Nursing Assistant or in another medical field (licensed practical nurse - health technician - hospital corpsman - etc.) - performing technical and nursing skills requiring knowledge of the human physical and emotional states - therapeutic communication - and technical skills required for basic and intermediate treatments
OR - EDUCATION: Successful completion of two (2) years above high school in an accredited institution with courses related to nursing care - health care or in a field of study appropriate to the specialization of the position - such as education in a program for psychology - psychiatric - or operating room technicians
AND - in addition you must demonstrate the following Knowledge - Skills and Abilities (KSAs):
- Ability to provide a range of patient/resident care and contribute to the completion of the nurse care plan and recovery of patients/residents
- Ability to observe patients/residents' or residents' physical or emotional status and refer deviations and/or problems to supervisor in a timely manner
- Ability to properly use equipment - materials and supplies in simple diagnostic and treatment procedures such as bladder scan - continuous passive motion device - blood glucose monitoring machine - specimen collection - etc
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients/residents - their families and other health professionals
* GS-05 - To qualify at the GS-5 level you must meet the following:
EXPERIENCE: One (1) year of progressively responsible assignments and experience equivalent to the GS-4 level which demonstrates knowledge - skills - and abilities (KSAs) that are directly related to the specific assignment
Specialized experience includes but is not limited to functioning as a member of the nursing care team and assisting licensed nursing staff and other members of the care team in the full range of nursing care of patients/residents receiving outpatient care - home - or community living care or other patients/residents who are receiving preventative - acute - sub-acute - chronic - maintenance - and hospice care
OR - EDUCATION: Successful completion of 4-year course of study above high school leading to a bachelor's degree that included 24 semester hours of courses related to health care or possession of a bachelor's degree
AND - in addition you must demonstrate the following Knowledge - Skills and Abilities (KSAs):
- Ability to assist in the full range of nursing care to patients/residents with physical and/or behavioral problems in a hospital - long-term care or outpatient setting under the direction of a Registered Nurse and/or Licensed Vocational Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse
- Ability to communicate orally with patients/residents - families - interdisciplinary team and other personnel
This includes serving as a preceptor to new NAs by assisting with the coordination of their orientation and overseeing/assessing their practical experience while in a clinical setting
- Ability to recognize and react to emergent patient/resident care situations and intervene while waiting for assistance
For example - recognizing need for basic life support - controlling bleeding and assisting with behavior crisis - etc
- References: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.
- The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-5. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-3 to GS-5.
- Physical requirements: This position requires some degree of fitness - strength - and agility
Duties require extensive periods of standing and walking
Working with patients requires regular and recurring bending - lifting - stooping - stretching - pushing - pulling - lifting arm overhead - and similar activities
If selected - you will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position
Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination.
We need to include all that.
Now Benefits: "Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional" includes:
- 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.
- Nebraska-Western Iowa is part of the VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23)
- The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include details like qualifications: basic requirements, GS-3, GS-4, GS-5 specifics. Must include all that. We need to remove boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's structure:
About the role
Summary text...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Qualifications
Basic Requirements...
- ... GS-3 ... ...
. Responsibilities: list from "Major duties for the Nursing Assistant include - but are not limited to:" then bullet list. Let's extract each duty: - Assisting nursing staff with patient admissions - transfer - and discharges by inventorying and storing patients' belongings - providing patients with personal care items - and orienting patients and their families - Providing care for patients receiving chemotherapy and being aware of chemo precautions - Maintaining patient stability by checking vital signs and weight - recording intake and output - dispensing/retrieving patient care supplies - reporting abnormal vital signs to charge nurse or primary RN - and accurately documents electronic medical record with patient care - needs - and progress - Understanding when results or changes in a patient's condition need to be reported to the primary RN - Ensuring environmental cleanliness of patient room and care areas - Assisting patients to complete activities of daily living (ADLs) ADLs include but are not limited to: repositioning - ambulating - toileting - eating/drinking - bathing - oral care/denture care - nail care - grooming (shaving - brushing hair) - skin care - changing linens and keeping patient rooms free of tripping hazards and generally tidy All cares will be carried out while providing the patient privacy and dignity - Accompanying patients for tests/procedures - Performing technical tasks with appropriate training such as administering as 12-Lead Electrocardiogram test and bladder scanning - Being a safety attendant for patients - Other duties as assigned We need to preserve all; we can break into list items; sub-items can be included within same li using commas or separate sublist? Simpler: each bullet as a duty; we can include ADLs description inside same li. Qualifications: include basic requirements: US Citizenship, English Language Proficiency, Experience-Education-or-Training (options). Then Grade Determinations: GS-3, GS-4, GS-5 details. We need to preserve all specifics. Let's extract: Basic Requirements: - United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy - English Language Proficiency: In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) - no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English - Experience - Education or Training: You must meet one of the following to meet the basic requirements for a Nursing Assistant (NA): * Six (6) months of general experience Experience must demonstrate the ability to acquire the knowledge and skills to perform the work of a NA * OR - One year of education above high school with courses related to the NA occupation * OR - Completion of an intensive - specialized - occupation-related training course of study or program of less than one year as a NA may also meet in full the experience requirements for GS-3. Grade Determinations: - In addition to the basic requirements stated above - the following qualification criteria must be met for each grade * The candidate's qualifications must clearly demonstrate the level of competence required for the grade * GS-03 - None beyond the basic requirements NAs at this grade NAs are considered entry-level and are closely supervised * GS-04 - To qualify at the GS-4 level you must meet the following: EXPERIENCE: One (1) year of experience as a Nursing Assistant or in another medical field (licensed practical nurse - health technician - hospital corpsman - etc.) - performing technical and nursing skills requiring knowledge of the human physical and emotional states - therapeutic communication - and technical skills required for basic and intermediate treatments OR - EDUCATION: Successful completion of two (2) years above high school in an accredited institution with courses related to nursing care - health care or in a field of study appropriate to the specialization of the position - such as education in a program for psychology - psychiatric - or operating room technicians AND - in addition you must demonstrate the following Knowledge - Skills and Abilities (KSAs): - Ability to provide a range of patient/resident care and contribute to the completion of the nurse care plan and recovery of patients/residents - Ability to observe patients/residents' or residents' physical or emotional status and refer deviations and/or problems to supervisor in a timely manner - Ability to properly use equipment - materials and supplies in simple diagnostic and treatment procedures such as bladder scan - continuous passive motion device - blood glucose monitoring machine - specimen collection - etc - Ability to communicate effectively with patients/residents - their families and other health professionals * GS-05 - To qualify at the GS-5 level you must meet the following: EXPERIENCE: One (1) year of progressively responsible assignments and experience equivalent to the GS-4 level which demonstrates knowledge - skills - and abilities (KSAs) that are directly related to the specific assignment Specialized experience includes but is not limited to functioning as a member of the nursing care team and assisting licensed nursing staff and other members of the care team in the full range of nursing care of patients/residents receiving outpatient care - home - or community living care or other patients/residents who are receiving preventative - acute - sub-acute - chronic - maintenance - and hospice care OR - EDUCATION: Successful completion of 4-year course of study above high school leading to a bachelor's degree that included 24 semester hours of courses related to health care or possession of a bachelor's degree AND - in addition you must demonstrate the following Knowledge - Skills and Abilities (KSAs): - Ability to assist in the full range of nursing care to patients/residents with physical and/or behavioral problems in a hospital - long-term care or outpatient setting under the direction of a Registered Nurse and/or Licensed Vocational Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse - Ability to communicate orally with patients/residents - families - interdisciplinary team and other personnel This includes serving as a preceptor to new NAs by assisting with the coordination of their orientation and overseeing/assessing their practical experience while in a clinical setting - Ability to recognize and react to emergent patient/resident care situations and intervene while waiting for assistance For example - recognizing need for basic life support - controlling bleeding and assisting with behavior crisis - etc - References: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. - The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-5. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-3 to GS-5. - Physical requirements: This position requires some degree of fitness - strength - and agility Duties require extensive periods of standing and walking Working with patients requires regular and recurring bending - lifting - stooping - stretching - pushing - pulling - lifting arm overhead - and similar activities If selected - you will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination. We need to include all that. Now Benefits: "Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional" includes: - 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. - Nebraska-Western Iowa is part of the VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23) - The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole