Nursing Assistant- Spinal Cord Injury

4 weeks ago


Bronx, New York, United States Department Of Veterans Affairs Full time
Summary

The James J. Peters (Bronx) VAMC is recruiting multiple full-time Nursing Assistants for the Spinal Cord Injury Patient Care Center (SCIPPC).



Duties

This position is located in the Spinal Cord Injury patient care Center, James J Peters VAMC. The mission of this center is consistent with the mission of the Medical Center. The Mission of the Spinal Cord Injury Patient Care Center (SCIPCC) is to promote the health, independence, quality of life, &productivity of individuals with spinal cord injury. The SCIPCC offers a unique system of care that includes a full range of health care for eligible persons who are diagnosed with ALS, MS, individuals who sustained injury to their spinal cord or who have other spinal cord legions. Person served also include those with stable neurological deficit due to spinal cord injury, intra-spinal nonmalignant neoplasm, vascular insult, cauda equine syndrome, inflammatory disease, demyelinating disease limited to the spinal cord and of stable nature, and degenerative spinal disease, ALS and MS patients.

  • Gives personal nursing care to patients, i.e., oral feeding, bathing, bowel and bladder care, weighing patients etc., and, in addition, performs health teaching to assist and motivate the patient to achieve maximum independence in activities of daily living.
  • Carries out a range of treatment procedures. Examples - use of certain breathing apparatuses, cold packs, gives enemas/suppositories, cares for patients in isolation, positioning & turning, specifically turning patients every two hours, performs colostomy irrigations, gastrostomy feeding and irrigation of Foley catheter to maintain patency. Prepares patient & assists in the procedure of peritoneal dialysis. Performs tracheal suctioning and changes inner cannula on tracheostomy and laryngectomy tubes.
  • Uses aseptic and sterile techniques in setting up equipment, i.e., oxygen, Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing (IPPB). Observes and reports to the nurse signs of autonomic dysreflexia, dyspnea, cyanosis, anxiety, bleeding and other complications.
  • Performs a range of diagnostic support duties, graphs vital sings, collects and labels specimens for laboratory, take specimen to labs. Performs electrocardiograms. Assembles & prepares equipment for procedures and effectively assists the nurse or doctor with dressings, infusions, blood work, spinal tap, bone marrow, traction set-ups and care of patients after diagnostic & specialized procedures, hypothermia, etc.
  • Understands the patient's condition and medical treatment in order to be able to observe and report significant changes that require action by the nurse or physician. Makes gross & subtle visual observations of changes in patient's condition and keeps the treatment team informed.
  • Takes emergency measures, calls for the nurse and/or physician and assists them with resuscitation procedures in cardiac or respiratory arrest.
  • Initiates basic health teaching and reinforces instructions which were previously provided to the patient by the nurse or doctor. Example - postoperatively assists and instructs patient on how to keep the lungs clear, i.e., proper use of equipment & appropriate activity level, etc.
  • Maintain clutter free environment, which include and not limited to patients' bedside
  • Maintains prescribed precautions for patients with communicable diseases. Initiates appropriate precautions for patients, e.g., respiratory patients, hepatitis patients, etc.
  • Records observations and treatments of patients' physical and emotional progress & treatments on patients' records according to approved format.
Work Schedule: 3:30pm to Midnight, w/ rotation as needed, OR 7:30am to 4:00pm w/rotation as needed.

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of existing pay, higher or unique qualifications, or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year).

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.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required


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