Nursing Assistant Inpatient Float Pool

Position: Nursing Assistant - (Inpatient Float Pool)
This Nursing Assistant position is located in our Nursing, Acute Care services at the VA Maine Healthcare System located in Augusta, Maine.

The Togus VAMC is an interdisciplinary facility providing care for a large Veteran inpatient and outpatient population with multiple medical and/or mental health co-morbidities. The population of male and female Veterans served ranges from the adult, age 18, to the elderly adult, age 65 and over.

The Float Pool Nursing Assistant is accountable to the RN, Nurse Manager/Supervisor/designee, the Deputy Nurse Executive and ultimately to the Associate Director for Patient and Nursing Services. This Float Pool Nursing Assistant has the ability to communicate orally with patients/residents, families, interdisciplinary team and other personnel. Activities will include bathing, personal hygiene, assisting with feeding, taking-recording-reporting vital signs accurately, assisting with ambulation, providing safe environments and other duties or care as directed by Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses or providers.

Incumbent will learn how to observe patients/residents who may be confused or have other cognitive issues providing safe environment and reports to nurse when condition changes. The Float Pool Nursing Assistant will initiate emergency action in life threatening situations such as cardiac and /or respiratory arrest, massive bleeding, shock, or assaultive behavior and alerts licensed personal immediately.

Major Duties Include but are not limited to:

* The float pool nursing assistant must be able to perform with skill and effectiveness any and all duties associated with nursing assistant work on multiple types of units.

* Observes and reports physical, emotional, behavioral and psychosocial aspects of the patient's condition.

* Provides complete personal hygiene care needs, turns and positions patients to maintain proper body alignment, lifts, ambulates, and transfers patients.

* Promotes the physical independence of the patient by encouraging and teaching individual patients and groups of patients in self-care activities, such as progressive steps in personal hygiene, bathing, and oral care, also assists in teaching and encouraging other care activities such as eating, dressing, undressing, and other training as needed.

* Participates in the admission of patients by providing secure, reassuring milieu, orienting patients to the unit,checking them for contraband when indicated and assisting the registered nurse in implementing the nursing admission procedure.

* Assists with treatments, prepares equipment, performs selected procedures after appropriate instruction, observes infection control practices, and implements bowel and bladder programs.

* Leads by example in defining a customer service culture to ensure that all customers are treated with respect and civility.

* Serves as members of the treatment team in motivating patients and directing their behavior toward achieving treatment plan goals.

* Ensures that whenever possible works to cultivate partnerships with our customers in developing solutions to meet their needs.

* Performs additional duties as required.

Work Schedule:

Intermittent, Various. May be scheduled to days, evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, and off-tours to support facility needs. TBD during the interview process.

Telework:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: F02386 at GS-03, F02387 at GS-04, and F02388 at GS-05.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO):
Not Authorized

Notifications:

* This position is in the Excepted Service.

* This position is not a Bargaining Unit position.

* Current and former Federal employees may 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.

* Narrative responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) may be required from the selectee in order to proceed with the appointment.

* This position is covered by a special rate.

* Due to a critical staffing shortage, 38 U.S.C. § 7412 waives the requirement to apply Veterans' preference for this job announcement.