Nursing Assistant

Department of Veterans Affairs

This Nursing Assistant position is within Nursing, Acute Care at VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System located in Las Vegas NV. This job will close when we have received 50 applications, which may be sooner than the closing date.

• The major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to - Responsible for performing a wide variety of duties aimed at increasing the comfort and spirit of the patient. - Identifies and reports data relative to more complex patient situations including subtle changes in the patient's behavior or condition, or variances related to neurological signs, vital signs, and other parameters. Performs hourly rounding on assigned patients. - Monitor's intake and output, vital signs, percent ingestion of meals, and other activities of daily living and documents in appropriate area of the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) and/or required paper forms. - Assures accuracy and completeness. - Assists patients with transfers from bed to chair, or bed to bedside commode using proper body mechanics and/or safe patient handling equipment per policy to ensure safety to self and patient. - Provides 1:1 observation for homicidal or suicidal patients, patients who are a danger to themselves or others, or due to a high fall risk as directed by the Nurse Manager, Assistant Nurse Manager, Charge Nurse or designee and documents per policy. - Provides and removes patient meal trays as appropriate, remaining cognizant of patients with special diets or who are ordered to not receive anything by mouth. - Assists patient with activities of daily living, promoting independence and autonomy. This includes bathing, bowel and bladder care, eating, and positioning for comfort. - May provide escort services to patient in the absence of an escort. This includes escorting to other units, diagnostic tests, and to privately owned vehicles when discharged. - Takes direction from charge nurse and local policy regarding methods of transfer/escort. - Observes and monitors patients and communicates and documents care given during the transportation/escort process. Report's status of patients and changes noted to the registered nurse at escort destination. - Continually monitors patient flow, identifies existing and potential problem areas or delays in processing a Veteran's medical care request. - Monitor's environment of care and initiates corrective actions to prevent patient injury, reporting problems and resolution to Nurse Manager, Charge Nurse or designee. - Report's observations of the condition of acute and chronic phase patients such as excessive vomiting, bleeding, type and amount of drainage, skin integrity, patency of airway, etc. - Recognizes emergency situations (i.e., codes, disasters, fire and safety issues) and takes appropriate and immediate action. Can successfully perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver. - Answer's patient call lights, either in person or electronically, and ensures patient request is passed along to the appropriate nursing staff (e.g. Charge Nurse, Primary Nurse, or other Nursing Assistant, etc.) - Accurately communicates a variety of Physician's orders involving patient activities and routes information to appropriate staff, clinics, and departments, i.e., dietary, laboratory, etc. - Applies established guidelines concerning the release of information on patient's condition. - Demonstrates and adheres to all aspects of Veteran Centered Care concepts, ICARE, and the Code of Conduct in daily work/interactions with others. - Monitors patients remotely via virtual sitting/telesitting. Work Schedule: Varied Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement#: 593-00068-F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

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