Nursing Assistant- Inpatient Specialty Care

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes summary, qualifications, duties, work schedule, additional pay, benefits (paid time off, parental leave, childcare subsidy, retirement, insurance, telework, PCS, physical requirements). We need to use

for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc). The posting includes some boilerplate like "References: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit ..." maybe keep? It's not boilerplate but reference link; we can keep as part of Qualifications. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. So we need sections: About the role (maybe from summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (qualifications), Benefits (benefits listed), Pay (additional pay, shift differential, weekend premium, holiday pay, authorized pay, etc), Schedule (work schedule). Possibly Skills could be derived from KSAs but we could combine into Requirements or Responsibilities. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. That's six sections. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Ensure we have actual content. We need to use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use

  for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information: include details like citizenship, English proficiency, experience/education options, grade determinations, KSAs, duties list, work schedule details, additional pay details, benefits details (paid time off, parental leave, childcare subsidy, retirement, insurance, telework not available, PCS not authorized, physical requirements). Also include note about full performance level GS-5, actual grade range GS-3 to GS-5. We must not include boilerplate like "Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination" maybe keep as it's substantive? It's about physical demands; it's part of physical requirements. Could keep. We must not include duplicated lines. Ensure we don't repeat. Let's extract content. Summary: "This Nursing Assistant position is located within the Medical/Surgical Unit at the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System. The Medical/Surgical Unit Nursing Assistant provides coverage to various clinical areas in the inpatient setting as assigned and is responsible for delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others." That's About the role. Qualifications: includes Basic Requirements: US Citizenship, English Language Proficiency, Experience - Education or Training (options). Then Grade Determinations: GS-03, GS-04, GS-05 details, KSAs. Also note: "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." Also "Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met." That's part of qualifications. Duties: list under "Duties Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include - but not limited to:" then bullet list. Work Schedule: "Work Schedule: Sunday-Saturday - Day Shifts - 8 and 12 hour shiftsRotating holidays and weekends requestedWork is scheduled between 6:45 a.m.- 7:15 p.m. - 6:45 a.m.- 3: 15 p.m10:45 a.m.- 7:15 p.m" There's some formatting issues but we keep as is. Additional Pay: list shift differential, weekend premium, holiday pay, compressed/flexible authorized pay, etc. Benefits: Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework: Not available, Virtual: Not a virtual position, Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized, Physical requirements. We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler. All sections have content. Now produce HTML. We'll start with

  About the role

  then

  ... summary.

  Then

  Responsibilities

  then
  • each duty. Duties list: Provide nursing care to patients with multiple geriatric - psychiatric - and/or medical problems; Perform a variety of nursing care activities - including but not limited to: vital signs - brace/splint application - culture specimen collection - activities of daily living - and glucose monitoring; Observe - report - and record current observations such as patients' physical condition - emotional response - skin condition - variations in vital signs - personal habits - and reactions to illness and treatment - documenting these in the approved format; Recognize the need for and institute emergency measures assist in resuscitation procedures during cardiac and/or pulmonary arrest; Interpret the appropriate information to identify each patient's age-specific needs and provide the necessary care; Respond to concerns of patients and visitors in a manner that is effective and improves customer satisfaction; Check equipment - supplies - and containers to ensure products are not outdated and are appropriately stocked according to unit procedures; Manage patient behavior appropriately - intervene when necessary - and request assistance from other healthcare members as needed; Enter information about the patient's condition in the chart - utilizing appropriate formats; Serve as the unit's safe patient handling liaison; Serve as a preceptor and mentor to other Nursing Assistants; Orient members of the healthcare team to the unit - as appropriate; Prepare - ambulate - transport - and position patients using the necessary equipment. We need to keep the hyphens and formatting as in original but okay. Then

    Requirements

    then

    for prose about basic requirements, citizenship, English proficiency, experience/education options, grade determinations, KSAs, etc. Could also use

    for lists like basic requirements options. We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's structure:

    Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

    Basic Requirements

    but we cannot use h4? Only h3 for section headings. We could embed as

    Basic Requirements: ...

    but better to use
    for list. We can do
    • 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.
    But nested lists maybe okay. However instruction: Use
    • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It didn't forbid nested lists. We'll keep simple. Then Grade Determinations: we can have

      Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements stated above - the following qualification criteria must be met for each grade

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      for each grade. But we need to preserve all details: GS-03: None beyond the basic requirements; NAs at this grade NAs are considered entry-level and are closely supervised. GS-04: 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: 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). Also reference link: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/ Also note: 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. We'll include that as

      . Now Benefits section: Use

      • for each benefit. 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 childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66 Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vest