Nursing Assistant

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes Summary, Qualifications, Duties, Work Schedule, Pay, Benefits (Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework). Also maybe "Physical Requirements". Should we include a section for Physical Requirements? Not listed as a standard heading but we can include if content exists. The instructions: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). They gave examples but we can use other headings if appropriate? Probably stick to those headings. We need to map content. We have Summary: could be "About the role". Use

About the role

then

with summary text. Qualifications: we have a big block. Use

Qualifications

then maybe

• for each bullet? The qualifications are paragraphs; we could break into list items for each requirement: Citizenship, Experience/Education/Training, English Language Proficiency, Grandfathering Provisions, Grade Determinations (GS-3, GS-4, GS-5). Could be long. But we must preserve all substantive info. Could use

  for prose and

  • for lists. The qualifications section includes multiple paragraphs; we could keep as

    but better to break into

    • for each distinct requirement. Responsibilities/Duties: we have Duties list. Use

      Responsibilities

      then
      • each duty. Pay: we have "Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases ..." plus details about step rate. That's substantive. So include

        Pay

        ... Schedule: we have Work Schedule description. Include

        Schedule

        ... Benefits: we have Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework (Not Available). Also maybe "Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized" etc. Those are not benefits? Could include but they say Not Authorized; we should not include sections with filler like "Not Authorized". The instruction: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. For Benefits, we have actual content (Paid Time Off etc). So we can include Benefits section with those details. Telework: Not Available is filler? It's stating not available; maybe we should not include Telework as a benefit if it's not available. The instruction says never create Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It does state Telework: Not Available, which is a statement but it's basically saying not available. Might be considered filler? Safer to omit Telework line. Also we have "Physical Requirements". Not in the standard headings list but we could include as a separate section maybe "Physical Requirements". The instruction says use

        for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says use those examples. Probably better to stick to those headings; we could put physical requirements under Responsibilities or Requirements? Could add a "Requirements" section for physical requirements. The examples include Requirements. So we can use

        Requirements

        for physical requirements. Also we have "Functional Statement #: ..." and "Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized". Those are minor metadata; we can drop. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc. We must output only HTML fragment. Let's craft. First, About the role: use summary text. Summary: "The Nursing Assistant functions as an entry level nursing assistant. Performs a wide variety of duties aimed at increasing the comfort of the Veteran/resident. This position is for Hero's Point within Community Living Center Nursing Service." We'll put that in

        . Qualifications: We'll break into list items. List: - 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 ability to acquire knowledge and skills to perform the work of a NAOR; OR one year of education above high school with courses related to 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 experience requirements for GS-3. - English Language Proficiency: NAs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005 - part II - chapter 3 - section A - paragraph 3j. - Grandfathering Provisions: (summary) All NAs employed in VHA on effective date considered to have met qualification requirements; provisions for employees not meeting basic requirements but who met qualifications at appointment; temporary appointments prior to effective date may not be extended/reappointed until fully meet requirements; if retained (grandfathered) employee leaves occupation, loses protected status and must meet full VA qualification standard at re-entry. - Grade Determinations: In addition to basic requirements, criteria for grade: - GS-3 Nursing Assistant (Entry Level): Experience and Education: None beyond basic requirements; Assignments: Individuals considered entry level and closely supervised. - GS-4 Nursing Assistant: Experience: One year of specialized experience as a 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, and 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, healthcare, or appropriate field (e.g., psychology, psychiatric, operating room technicians); AND Demonstrated KSAs: Ability to provide range of patient/resident care, observe status and refer deviations, properly use equipment/materials/supplies, communicate effectively with patients/residents, families, health professionals; Assignment: Individuals at intermediate/developmental level, closely supervised, function as member of nursing care team assisting higher graded NAs, licensed nursing staff, other care team in care of patients/residents receiving outpatient, home or community living care, or acute/sub-acute/chronic states; provide care under close supervision and refer issues/questions to supervisors, higher graded NAs, or other health care professionals. - 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 above high school leading to bachelor's degree that included 24 semester hours of health care courses or possession of bachelor's degree; AND Demonstrated KSAs: Ability to assist in full range of nursing care to patients/residents with physical and/or behavioral problems under direction of RN/LVN/LPN; Ability to communicate orally with patients/residents, families, interdisciplinary team, other personnel; Ability to serve as preceptor to new NAs assisting with coordination of orientation and overseeing/assessing practical experience; Ability to recognize and react to emergent patient/resident care situations and intervene while waiting for assistance (e.g., recognizing need for basic life support, controlling bleeding, assisting with behavior crisis); Assignment: Full performance level; NAs function as member of nursing care team assisting licensed nursing staff in care of patients/residents receiving outpatient, home or community living care or other patients/residents in acute, sub-acute or chronic states; assignments involve more complex nursing needs varying predictable to unpredictable; assume more peer education/mentorship role. We could compress but must preserve all substantive info. That's a lot; maybe better to keep as paragraphs rather than list to avoid huge list. The instruction: Use

        • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should use list for requirements. But we can also use

          for prose if not a list. The qualifications are not a simple list but we can still make each bullet a list item. We'll produce

          • each major bullet. Now Responsibilities/Duties: list each duty from the "Duties" paragraph. That's a long list of sentences separated by line breaks? We'll extract each sentence as a list item. Duties list: - Provides input to Team Leader/Charge Nurse for making out assignment prior to receiving report at the start of scheduled tour - Listens attentively to report - notes pertinent items - and integrates information received with prior knowledge of Veteran - Formulates work schedule in accordance with unit routine and asks for guidance when unsure of how to prioritize and/or anticipate patient care needs - Accepts adults chosen life-styles and assists necessary adjustments relating to health - Recognizing adults' values and function of independence and ability to be self-sustaining in life - Supporting change necessary for health - Assisting patients to keep physically and socially active and to maintain peer group interactions - Assisting patients to cope with loss - e.g. hearing - eyesight - and death of significant others - Assisting patients with self-care as required - and with maintaining as much independence as possible - Performs basic procedures and treatments according to the orientation/annual/unit specific competency checklist for assigned patients with guidance - Assists Team Leader/Charge Nurse with delivery of procedures/treatments for a team of patients - in an organized and timely manner in accordance with established policy and procedure - seeking guidance when necessary - Recognizes medical/behavioral emergencies and obtains immediate assistance - Completes basic life support and PMDB (as appropriate) training within orientation period - Assists patients to keep physically and socially active - Attends interdisciplinary rounds and discharge planning meetings - developing a beginning awareness of team member roles and educational tools - Implements patient instruction/discharge planning interventions for assigned patients as designated by Team Leader/Charge Nurse - Provides respectful care that maintains individuality - dignity - and self-esteem for Veterans in an environment that focuses on their care needs and quality of life - Supports culture change and Veteran-centered care Note some duplicates: "Assisting patients to keep physically and socially active" appears twice; we can keep both but maybe deduplicate? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplicated lines: we should remove duplicated lines? It says "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove duplicated lines. So we need to deduplicate identical lines. The duplicate is "Assisting patients to keep physically and socially active". We'll keep one. Now Pay: we have "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)". We'll put in

            . Schedule: "Work Schedule: 7:30am - 8:00pm - plus one additional 8 hour shift per pay period - plus weekend and holiday rotation - off tours as mandated". We'll put in

            . Benefits: list: - 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