These positions serve as assistants and is responsible for supporting the daily needs of Veterans in the Community Living Center and other Rehab and Extended Care programs. These positions are high visibility throughout the institution and therefore requires excellent customer service skills. These positions assist in all aspects of support for patient care including the movement of patients, equipment, supplies and staff assistance at the St. Cloud VA Health Care System, in St. Cloud, MN.

Duties

These positions are in support of the IVAN (Investing in VA Nursing) Program and serves as an assistant and is responsible for supporting the daily needs of Veterans in the Community Living Center and other Rehab and Extended Care programs. These positions are visibility throughout the institution and requires excellent customer service skills. The employee assists in all aspects of support for patient care including the movement of patients, equipment, supplies and staff assistance. This program is intended to create a pathway for individuals to gain skills and qualifications to fill nursing vacancies at the Saint Cloud VA CLC. NOTE: These are TEMPORARY appointments (not-to-exceed 6 months). This appointment may be renewed for additional service in accordance with Agency needs for 1 additional year. Temporary positions offer health insurance (if the employee is expected to work at least 130 hours per month for at least 90 days) but do not offer life insurance or retirement benefits and may be terminated at any time before the expiration date. The appointment to a Temporary position does not confer eligibility for promotion or reassignment to other positions or the ability to be non-competitively converted to permanent employment. NOTE: These are part-time positions (20 hours/week). Benefits and time-off accrual will be prorated and based on your part-time work schedule. Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: The Orderly is primarily responsible for the safe and efficient movement of Veterans, either alone or with a nursing staff member as needed. Receives requests and complies with excellent customer service and phone etiquette Is expected to be well-informed of work progress, establish work priorities and adjust comply with new or revised recommendations from the supervisor. Responds to requests to procure supplies, equipment, etc. from and for various areas of the facility, as requested by supervisor. Assists with lifting & moving patients between rooms or wards using Safe Patient Handling equipment. Assists with CLC related therapeutic recreation by transporting Veterans and assisting with maintaining safety of Veterans during program. Maintains safety of Veterans in the Red Vest program by following red vest SOP. Assists with Rehabilitation activities through patient transport and equipment assembly and delivery. Consults with the supervisor to make changes or coordinate work as needed. Maintains competencies and can assist with physical management of disruptive behavior in mental health or other areas of the facility. Maintains competencies on Safe Patient Handling equipment and assists with ongoing training needs throughout facility. As requested, takes discharged patients to the door to await transportation. Work Schedule: Part Time, evenings and weekends, hours will vary, 20 hours per week as needed for program completion Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Ability to be on feet for the majority of the day. Will be required to stand and walk up to 10hours a day throughout the facility. Will be required to climb and descend stairs to reach certain destinations. Must have no lifting restrictions. Will be required to push and pull wheelchairs and other equipment weighing up to 400 pounds. Will be required to push and 2 Revised 2021 pull beds and equipment, with assistance, weighing up to 1000 pounds. Will be required to transport supplies weighing up to 20 pounds. Will be required to transport patient belongings and miscellaneous equipment weighing up to 20 pounds. Will be required to transport patients and items up and down an incline of 1 inch per foot. Will be required to have bilateral motor coordination to handle patients and equipment. Will be required to assist with physical management of disruptive behavior in patients. Work will be performed on the grounds of the Saint Cloud VA Health System, primarily within the facility. Main duties include lifting and positioning patients, assisting with disruptive behavior patients in a clinical setting, transporting and moving patients, and cleaning reusable medical equipment. Pushing and pulling hospital equipment, walking distances, taking stairs, and answering cell phone will be daily occurrences. Retrieving equipment from around the hospital and grounds and delivering equipment to various areas is expected. Assisting clinical staff with obtaining equipment and other patient support items will be needed. Work is in a Medical Center setting and involves possible exposure to contagious disease which will require appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) as identified. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. (Screen-Out) Reliability and Dependability: This a laborer position which will require the ability to lift 20 pounds and perform manual labor. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Dexterity and SafetyFollow DirectionsHandle Weights and LoadsReliability And DependabilityWork as Member of Team IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address St Cloud VA Medical Center 4801 Veterans Drive St Cloud, MN 56303 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]