Nursing Assistant

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes summary (About the role?), qualifications, duties (responsibilities), work schedule, pay, benefits, etc. Also includes recruitment incentive, etc. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate like EEO etc. We need to preserve all substantive info. We need to decide sections: - About the role: could be summary paragraph describing position location and purpose. Use

About the role

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with summary. - Responsibilities: list of duties (clinical responsibilities, personal patient care, patient teaching, administrative responsibilities). Use

• . - Requirements: maybe basic requirements (citizenship, experience/education). Could combine with Qualifications? The instruction says separate sections for Requirements and Qualifications. We'll put basic requirements under Requirements, and qualifications (grade determinations, KSAs, preferred experience) under Qualifications. - Skills: maybe KSAs (knowledge, skills, abilities) could go under Skills. But we already have Qualifications covering KSAs. Might combine? The instruction: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could merge Skills into Qualifications? But they ask to use headings for those categories if content exists. We have content for KSAs; could put under Skills. Qualifications could cover education/experience requirements. Let's decide: Requirements: basic requirements (citizenship, experience/education/training, grandfathering provisions maybe). Qualifications: grade determinations (GS-3, GS-4, GS-5) and KSAs? Actually KSAs are part of qualifications. Could put KSAs under Skills. Let's do: - Requirements: basic requirements (citizenship, experience/education/training, grandfathering provisions). - Qualifications: grade determinations (GS-3, GS-4, GS-5) and maybe preferred experience. - Skills: KSAs (ability to provide care, observe, use equipment, communicate, etc.) - Benefits: list of benefits (PTO, parental leave, childcare subsidy, retirement, insurance, etc.) - Pay: mention competitive salary, regular salary increases. - Schedule: work schedule description (24/7, shifts not guaranteed, etc.) Also include About the role. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content. We must not include duplicated lines. Need to deduplicate. Let's extract substantive info: Summary: "This Nursing Assistant position will be in Nursing Operations - Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MHRRTP) - Acute Physiocratic Unit (APU) - Medical Unit (MED) - (CLC) - and FLOAT (Float Pool). Provides direct patient/resident care under the direction of a Registered Nurse and/or - Licensed Practical Nurse. Performs assigned duties in a manner that promotes quality healthcare - positive and outstanding customer service - and the maintenance of an environment committed to serving the Veteran." Qualifications section: includes OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT dates, cutoff, etc. That's administrative; maybe not needed? It's about application process; we should remove application instructions per instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." The OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT details are application instructions? Might be considered administrative; but they are not exactly instructions to apply, but they are about announcement timing. Might be considered metadata; but we could keep as part of About the role? Probably better to drop as it's not substantive job content. The instruction says remove application instructions. So we should omit the OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT paragraph. Basic Requirements: US Citizenship, experience/education/training (six months general experience OR one year education above high school with related courses OR completion of intensive specialized occupation-related training course less than one year). Also grandfathering provisions (though maybe not needed for applicants). We'll keep the three options. Grade Determinations: GS-3 NA (Entry Level) Experience and Education: None beyond basic requirements; assignments: closely supervised. GS-4 NA Experience: One year of specialized experience as NA or experience in another medical field (LPN, health technician, hospital corpsman, etc.) performing technical and nursing skills requiring knowledge of human physical and emotional states, therapeutic communication, technical skills for basic and intermediate treatments OR Education: Successful completion of 2 years above high school in accredited institution with courses related to nursing care, health care or appropriate field (psychology, psychiatric, OR tech) AND Demonstrated KSAs (list). We'll need to include KSAs for GS-4. GS-5 NA (Full Performance Level): Experience: One year of progressively responsible assignments equivalent to GS-4 level demonstrating knowledge, skills, abilities directly related to specific assignment OR Education: Successful completion of 4-year course of study above high school leading to bachelor's degree that included 24 semester hours of courses related to health care or possession of a bachelor's degree AND Demonstrated KSAs (list). Also note: The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-5. Actual grade range GS-3 to GS-5. Preferred Experience: 12 Months of Nursing Assistant experience. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 - Employee Occupational Health Service for requirements. (We could note but not detail.) Duties: list many bullet points. We need to preserve all substantive info; we can't omit details like specific KSAs. Must include them. Let's extract duties list: From "Clinical Responsibilities - Assist with Treatment 24/7/365 position requiring night - weekend - and holiday hours" - Assists in the care and treatment of patients receiving medical - surgical - psychiatric - or outpatient treatment - Observes and reports changes in patient behavior - attitude - and appearance - such as patients' color - vital signs - wound/skin condition - and reaction to/results of treatment - Assists in the performance of diagnostic/assessment examinations by performing duties such as the taking/monitoring - recording - and reporting of vital signs - height - weight - patient concerns/symptoms - and less obvious changes in patients' condition - Provides care to patients experiencing extremes of behavior - including those who are severely depressed - agitated - and/or acting out and those patients with complex medical conditions - The care provided frequently involves setting up/working around various types of medical equipment and the use of medical supplies - Recognizes emergency situations and appropriately intervenes while awaiting assistance - Assist with Activities of Daily Living (ADL's) as needed "Clinical Responsibilities - Personal Patient Care" - Performs a wide variety of duties aimed at increasing patients' comfort and health status - Performs patient care and comfort measures addressing patients' biopsychosocial needs - personal hygiene - physical comfort - nutrition - hydration - skin care - rehabilitation - and safety - Identifies and reports data relative to more complex patient situations including subtle changes in patients' behavior or condition - or variances related to neurological and vital signs - actual and potential safety issues - and other parameters "Patient Teaching" - Explains to patients and family members the necessity of procedures for proper health care - Provides specific health information based on patient's condition - such as acceptance of limited physical mobility - proper body mechanics - and the importance of adhering to prescribed regimens for both medical and mental health conditions "Administrative Responsibilities" - Required to complete quarterly BLS training prior to first day of new quarter - Enters specific information into the patient's electronic record using appropriate formats - medical terminology - and templates - This information must be entered in a complete - confidential - and professional manner to insure information on the patient is shared with other VA staff - This information is to be reviewed on a regular basis - Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with employees - volunteers - consumers and stakeholders within the VA and outside community agencies - Attendance of all appropriate staff meetings (interdisciplinary treatment team meetings - other committees as appropriate - etc.) is necessary - Additional duties may be required to be performed - as needed Work Schedule: "MHRRTP - APU - MED - CLC - and FLOAT is a 24 hour-7 day a week-365 day a year direct patient care unit Day versus night shifts and specific days off are not guaranteed Shifts are based on the operational needs of the organization to best care for our Veterans" Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May Be Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases 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 Also Functional Statement #: etc. Not needed. We need to output HTML fragment only. We'll structure:

  About the role

  ...summary...

  Responsibilities

  • ... each duty ...
  We need to avoid duplication: some duties repeated? We'll list each distinct bullet. We'll combine similar items maybe. Let's craft list: - Assists in the care and treatment of patients receiving medical, surgical, psychiatric, or outpatient treatment. - Observes and reports changes in patient behavior, attitude, and appearance (e.g., color, vital signs, wound/skin condition, reaction to/results of treatment). - Assists in performance of diagnostic/assessment examinations by taking/monitoring, recording, and reporting vital signs, height, weight, patient concerns/symptoms, and subtle changes in condition. - Provides care to patients experiencing extremes of behavior (severely depressed, agitated, acting out) and those with complex medical conditions. - Sets up and works around various types of medical equipment and uses medical supplies. - Recognizes emergency situations and intervenes appropriately while awaiting assistance. - Assists with Activities of Daily Living (ADL) as needed. - Performs patient care and comfort measures addressing biopsychosocial needs: personal hygiene, physical comfort, nutrition, hydration, skin care, rehabilitation, and safety. - Identifies and reports data relative to complex patient situations, including subtle changes in behavior or condition, neurological and vital signs variances, actual/potential safety issues, and other parameters. - Explains to patients and family members the necessity of procedures for proper health care. - Provides specific health information based on patient's condition (e.g., acceptance of limited physical mobility, proper body mechanics, importance of adhering to prescribed regimens for medical and mental health). - Completes quarterly BLS training prior to the start of each new quarter. - Enters patient information into electronic health record using appropriate formats, medical terminology, and templates, ensuring complete, confidential, and professional documentation. - Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with employees, volunteers, consumers, stakeholders within VA and external community agencies. - Attends all appropriate staff meetings (interdisciplinary treatment team meetings, committees, etc.). - Performs additional duties as needed. That seems comprehensive. Now Requirements section: basic requirements.

  Requirements

  • United States citizenship (citizen of the