Nursing Assistant

About the role

This is an open continuous announcement until September 30, 2026. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. Qualified candidates will be considered as vacancies become available.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• Work Schedule: 7:30 am-4:00pm but may vary based on needs of the office
• 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)
• 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.

Benefits

• 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.
• Seasonal Influenza Vaccination: All Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience or Education or Training:
• Six 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.
• May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).
• Grade Determinations: GS-3 NA (Entry Level)
• GS-4 NA
• GS-5 NA (Full Performance Level)