Nursing Assistant - La Crosse, United States - Department Of Veterans Affairs

Description

Summary

This is an Open Continuous Announcement that will be used to fill vacant positions throughout the Tomah VA Medical Center location and it's surrounding Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs). This position is open to all Nursing Assistants currently seeking employment within the Tomah VA Medical Center Enterprise. Resumes will be referred to hiring managers on a bi-weekly basis or as vacancies occur.

Duties

The Tomah VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Nursing Assistant (Multiple Specialties).

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

Duties of this position are, but not limited to:
Assisting medical personnel in the care or treatment of residents with diverse conditions/diagnoses.

Preparing, ambulating, transporting, and positioning residents with use of equipment.

Providing a variety of personal care including but not limited to bathing, shaving, feeding, incontinence care, trimming nails, range of motion, and ambulation of residents.

Performing a wide variety of duties aimed at increasing the comfort and spirit of the resident.

Encourages residents and assists in completing restorative programs.

Recognizes and reports obvious changes in resident condition.

Delivers care to residents in a respectful, non-judgmental manner.

Maintains resident privacy/confidentiality and residents rights to privacy/confidentiality.

Accurately documents resident information on flow sheets and Computerized Patient Records System (CPRS).

Provides resident information to the accountable LPN/RN for inclusion in the resident's plan of care.

Completes assignments, reports to the accountable LPN/RN when assignment has been completed, or when unable to complete activities.

Able to adjust to assignment changes.


Work Schedule:
Full-time, Part-time, Intermittent


Compressed/Flexible:
To be discussed during Interview


Telework:
Not Available


Virtual: This is not a virtual position.


Functional Statement #: 00000


Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:
Not Authorized


Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized


Financial Disclosure Report: Not required