Nursing Assistant

Extended Care Certified Nursing Assistant

The Extended Care Certified Nursing Assistant is a key member of the Community Living Center treatment team. The role of the NA is to perform a very wide range of resident personal care, diagnostic services, treatment and charting activities on a regular and continuing basis in a short stay rehabilitation or long-term care ward. Extended Care serves the Community Living Centers at Menlo Park and Livermore as well as Sub-Acute and Hospice at Palo Alto.

Responsibilities include :

• Assists with admissions, transfers, discharges, postmortem care and nursing care procedures specific to the ward.
• Assists with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) including : bathing, showering, shaving, grooming, toileting, feeding, ambulating, weighing, and positioning residents with prescribed physical limitations.
• Teaches and guides residents in the development of cleanliness and sound health practices in all aspects of daily living.
• Feeds and assists residents during meals. Observes aspiration precautions.
• Observes special dietary needs and takes action according to the resident's diagnosis and behavior.
• Supports and reinforces diet instructions such as those given to diabetics and others on special diets and restrictions.
• Obtains and records vital signs and intakes and outputs, and empties Foley bags as needed.
• Uses skills and knowledge of basic normal versus abnormal vital signs to alert the Registered Nurse and adapt resident care activities.
• Observes Infection Control Policies and Procedures.
• Assists with the transferring and transporting of residents to test / procedures via gurneys and wheelchairs.
• Uses knowledge of individual special interest and skills in guiding and motivating the resident.
• Assists in performing selected rehabilitation techniques such as range of motion, speech retraining, with the ultimate goal of residents return to active community living.
• Adheres to Close Observation / Suicide Precaution Policy and Procedures when caring for residents who are deemed high risk.
• Performs diagnostic tests within their scope of practice and training, including fingerstick blood glucose and bedside EKG.
• Gives meaningful instructions and explanations to resident regarding purposes of special diagnostic tests and procedures.
• Administers treatments such as Foley care and bowel care.
• Uses the SBAR format when communicating vital information and / or changes of condition.

Work Schedule : Various tours based on unit needs.

Telework : Not Available. Virtual : This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement # : 64008790F, 64008791F, 640_08792F.

Relocation / Recruitment Incentives : Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) : Not Authorized.

Requirements :

Qualifications :

References : VA Handbook 5005 / 81, Part II, Appendix G46.

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-5. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-3 to GS-5.

Physical Requirements :