Nursing Assistant- Domiciliary - Des Moines, United States - Veterans Health Administration

Description

The Central Iowa Health Care System is recruiting for a Nursing Assistant (NA) position for Mental Health.

This position requires a professional individual with a broad-based clinical knowledge that enables him/her to effectively provide care to a veteran population with widely diverse conditions/diagnoses, including caring for residents at end-of-life.

The NA provides direct patient care to patients requiring nursing care and observation on a regular and ongoing basis in an inpatient, CLC and/or outpatient setting.

Under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, or providers, the NA is accountable for adhering to the standards of care, standards of practice and maintaining competencies with role and responsibility, while adhering to VACIHCS policies and procedures.

Duties include but are not limited to:

Personal Hygiene Tasks:
bathing, oral care/denture care, nail care, shaving/hair care, groom, bed-making

Positioning and Movement of Patients:
proper use of assistive devices, walking patients, range of motion with patients, transfer techniques, caring for patients in restraints and appropriate use of protective devices
Preparing/assisting patients with meals, recording intake and output to include calorie count, reporting results to Registered Nurse.
Observing, reporting and recording patient bowel and bladder function, to include helping patients with bedpans, urinals and catheters
Interacts with patients and families, using communication skills such as observing, listening, reflection and identification of non-verbal messages to interact with patients
Recognizes emergent situations, calls for help, initiates emergency procedures until help has arrived
Uses personal protective equipment as needed/required
Implement Suicidal and Homicidal Ideation precautions; assisting in initiation of and monitoring of patient with seclusion/behavioral management as directed, with appropriate use of protective/restraint devices
Maintains privacy and dignity of patients
Performs care of body after death
Applies/adjusts/monitors oxygen devices, making sure they maintain working order
Performs, records and reports blood glucose testing
Collects and delivers specimen collection
Applies cardiac leads and performs EKGs


Additional Pay:
Shift Differential - 10% of basic pay for work performed during regularly scheduled hours between 6pm and 6am.

Weekend Premium - 25% of basic pay for work performed between the hours of midnight Friday and midnight Sunday.

This includes continuous service connected to work performed during these hours.
Holiday Pay - 2 times basic hourly rate for regularly scheduled, non-overtime work on a designated holiday.

Work Schedule:
Full time, day and night shift available, 07:30-20:00, 07:30-16:00 &19:30- 08:00, 23:00- 08:00, rotating weekends/holidays

Telework
:
Not Available


Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives
:
Not Authorized


Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized

Fi

nancial Disclosure Report:
Not required


Physical Requirement:
This position requires visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, and manual dexterity. This position requires potentially long periods of continued walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling and pushing. Transferring patients and objects may be required.

The incumbent may be exposed to infectious patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don personal protective clothing in isolation situations.

The incumbent will be exposed to patients who are combative secondary to delirium, dementia, or psychiatric disorders.

The incumbent must be a mature, flexible, sensible individual capable of working effectively in stressful situations; able to shift priorities based on patient needs.