Nursing Assistant (Community Living Center 213-2)

Join the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and serve those who served! As a Nursing Assistant on the night shift at our West Los Angeles Community Living Center 213-2, you'll work alongside licensed nursing staff to provide preventive, acute, sub-acute, chronic, maintenance, and hospice care to Veterans with complex and varying healthcare needs.

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Direct Patient Care Provides advanced assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), including hygiene, toileting, feeding, and mobility. Independently performs patient measurements, including vital signs, pain assessments, neurological checks, bladder scans, and oxygen monitoring. Performs non-complex procedures, including specimen collection and simple dressing changes, with minimal supervision. Assists with complex mobility, lift-equipment operation, weight-bearing support, and safe patient handling. Recognizes and promptly reports changes in patient condition. Safety, Infection Control & Environment Applies infection-control principles, including airborne, contact, and droplet isolation. Identifies environmental hazards and promptly escalates safety concerns. Participates in fall-prevention and skin-integrity programs. Virtual (Tele-Sit) Patient Monitoring Conducts remote patient monitoring using approved VA virtual monitoring platforms. Monitors for unsafe behaviors, including attempts to get out of bed, pulling at lines/tubes, agitation, and wandering. Provides voice redirection through the tele-sit system when appropriate. Notifies bedside staff of safety concerns requiring in-person intervention. Documents observations according to unit policy. Ensures equipment readiness, camera positioning, privacy, and confidentiality. Clinical & Technical Support Collects, labels, and processes routine specimens (urine, stool, sputum) per policy. Provides basic wound care support, including simple dressing changes, under licensed staff direction. Assists with specialized equipment, including telemetry, oxygen therapy, and suction equipment. Supports patient transport to procedures and continuity of observation. Accurately documents patient care in electronic health records. Admissions, Transfers & Discharges Assists with admissions by obtaining vital signs, orienting patients, and providing basic instruction. Inventories, secures, and transfers patient belongings appropriately. Supports discharges by escorting patients, coordinating transport, and assisting with final ADL needs. Provides timely reports to unit staff, charge nurses, Patient Safety, and Flow Coordinators. Collaborates with Nursing Leadership and interdisciplinary teams in clinical and administrative workflows. Advises bedside teams when monitoring identifies patterns requiring intervention, including restlessness or repeated unsafe actions. Documentation Records monitoring activities, behavioral observations, interventions, and escalation steps in the EHR. Documents interruptions, equipment malfunctions, and changes in patient risk per Virtual Monitoring guidelines. Professional Judgment Demonstrates situational awareness while monitoring multiple patients. Applies VA de-escalation and therapeutic communication strategies. Identifies when virtual monitoring is insufficient and recommends bedside sitters or environmental changes. Communication/Teamwork/Coordination Communicates effectively with RNs, LVNs, physicians, therapists, social workers, and administrative staff. Participates in interdisciplinary huddles and nursing-administration workflows. Coordinates with Nursing Leadership and interdisciplinary teams to address patient care and safety needs. Work Schedule: Night Shift, 7:30pm -8:00am, May include Weekends and or Holidays. Compressed/Flexible: Available Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized 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). 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) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. 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 #: 000000 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.