Nursing Assistant Ambulatory Care Escort

Position: Nursing Assistant - (Ambulatory Care) Escort
The NA provides clinical and administrative support in a wide variety of patient care and related activities within Nursing Service including, but not limited to, roles assigned to Escort Services (i.e., direct patient care, patient transport, Reusable Medical Equipment cleaning). The NA functions as a member of the nursing care team and assists licensed nursing staff in the care of patients/residents receiving preventive, acute, sub-acute chronic, maintenance, and hospice care.

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- GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNED DUTIES:

The NA provides clinical and administrative support in a wide variety of patient care and related activities within Nursing Service including, but not limited to, roles assigned to Escort Services (i.e., direct patient care, patient transport, Reusable Medical Equipment cleaning).

The NA functions as a member of the nursing care team and assists licensed nursing staff in the care of patients/residents receiving preventive, acute, sub-acute chronic, maintenance, and hospice care.

The NA is able to provide patient/resident care during day, evening, and night tours of duty. This includes not only the delivery of personal care but also observing, reporting, and recording pertinent information relative to patient care in the electronic medical record. He/She/they possess the ability to recognize and react to emergent patient/resident care situations and intervene while waiting for assistance.

The NA can recognize the need for basic life support, control bleeding and assist with behavior crisis, etc. He/She/They perform and/or assist with diagnostic studies and performs treatments/procedures. He/She/They is responsible to assist or teach patients regarding selected treatment procedures.

The NA works with maximal initiative and minimal supervision, demonstrates leadership to the nursing assistant staff, and teaches proper technique and procedure by example. He/She/They promote maximal patient motivation, independence, and rehabilitation. And provides patients with a sense of self-worth and dignity by fostering self-reliance.

The NA may perform duties in a variety of healthcare settings such as outpatient, inpatient, long-term care, hospice/palliative care, acute and sub-acute under close supervision.

The NA will care for patients/residents with acute to chronic conditions. He/She/They must have demonstrated knowledge and ability to provide a full range of nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavioral problems.

Work Schedule:

Full-time ( Rotational)

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).

Pay

Schedule:

V0SO and 001M

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)

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.

Functional Statement #: 61075-F, 61076-F, 61077-F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized