Nursing Assistant

4 days ago

Togus, United States Veterans Health Administration Full time

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This position serves as a Home Health Aid/Nursing Assistant (HHA/NA) in a home setting and is organizationally responsible to the Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) Program Director. The HHA/NA provides direct patient care to Veterans in the home setting who require assistance with Activities of Daily Living (ADL)s and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)s. The HHA/NA will function as a member of the nursing care team under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN). The HHA/NA is accountable for adhering to the standards of care, standards of practice and maintaining competencies with role and responsibility, while adhering to VA Maine Healthcare System policies and procedures.

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Performs a variety of nursing care activities which include bathing, feeding, oral care and related personal hygiene duties.
Assists with range of motion (ROM), ambulation, position and turn Veterans.
Utilizes principles of body mechanics in Veteran lifting, equipment handling, and Veteran care related to activities.
Recognize and properly use equipment, materials, and supplies to carry out procedures and other assignments under the direction of the RN delegation.
Applies slings and braces as needed.
Provides simple/light meal preparation/assistance and reports any nutritional concerns to the RN.
Provides simple/light housekeeping tasks to include dust, vacuum, sweep, straighten up, wash dishes, clean the bathroom and kitchen, do laundry, dispose of trash, and change linens.
Assists with bladder and bowel elimination. Observes, reports, and records Veteran bowel and bladder function. May apply condom catheters.
May apply non-prescription topical creams (not pharmacy dispensed).
Performs diagnostic support duties, such as collection of specimens: stool, urine, sputum.
Serve as a responsible member of the nursing team requiring interaction with Veterans, family members, professional personnel, supportive personnel and members of other services; responding to concerns of Veterans and family in a manner that is effective and improves customer satisfaction.
Observes and reports current observations such as Veterans' physical condition, emotional response, observes skin condition, variations in vital signs, urine, stool or sputum; personal habits of Veteran, and listens for clues to Veteran's reaction to illness and treatment, and reports observation to RN.
Identify and report health and safety hazards in the work area and practice safe work habits.
Follows infection prevention standards while performing duties in the home.
Required to complete and maintain VA approved Basic Life Support (BLS); initiates and performs CPR.
Responsible for charting on assigned templates in CPRS for assigned Veterans on a daily basis.
Completes mandatory reviews and required in-service education in a timely manner.
Participates in Home Based Primary Care interdisciplinary team meetings

Promotion Potential:
The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.




Work Schedule:
Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 4:30PM


Compressed/Flexible Work Schedule:
Not Authorized


Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):
Not Authorized


Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):
Not Authorized


Pay:
Competitive salary and regular salary increases


Telework
: Not Authorized


Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.


Functional Statement #
: F06317, F06318, F063190


Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized


Fi
nancial Disclosure Report:
Not required
NOTIFICATIONS:

Due to a critical staffing shortage, 38 U.S.C. 7412 waives the requirement to apply Veterans' preference for this job announcement.
This position is in the Excepted Service.
This position is an AFGE Bargaining Unit position.
This position is covered by a special rate
Travel and relocation expenses are not authorized.
Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

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