This position is located in the Nursing Service at VA Minneapolis Health Care System - Minneapolis VA Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. The Escort serves as an assistant and is responsible for supporting the daily needs of patients and clinical areas throughout the hospital.

Duties

This is a term appointment not to exceed 1 year 1 day. Term appointments are non-status, nonpermanent appointments of limited duration of more than 1 year, but not more than 4 years and are subject to a 1 year trial period. Should the need warrant, term appointments may be extended without further competition up to a maximum of the 4 year limitation. The appointment to a term position does not confer eligibility for promotion, reassignment, or transfer to other positions or the ability to be non-competitively converted to permanent employment. The Escort is responsible for assisting in all aspects of support for patient care including the movement of patients, equipment, supplies and staff assistance at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System (MVAHCS) and performing a variety of physical and care related duties and is accessible to the entire staff. Major duties and responsibilities include but not limited to: Responsible for the safe and efficient movement of patients, either alone or with an RN in the case of monitored patients Receiving requests by mobile phone and responding to requests to procure supplies, equipment, etc. from and for various areas of the facility, as requested by supervisor Assisting with lifting & moving patients between rooms or wards using Safe Patient Handling equipment Consulting with the supervisor to make changes or coordinate work as needed Maintaining competencies and is able to assist with physical management of disruptive behavior in mental health or other areas of the facility Maintaining competencies on Safe Patient Handling equipment and assists with ongoing training needs throughout facility Making changes to meet deadlines and priorities set by nursing service Assuring compliance with hand-off communication procedures, checking patient's identification and escort destination prior to transporting to ensure proper patient identification & location Providing and transporting equipment as available Disinfecting/wiping down transport equipment with approved cleaning product prior to and after each patient transport Requesting or providing assistance from the nursing team to transfer patients to or from transport equipment, when needed using Safe Patient Handling resources Notifying nursing or ancillary personnel upon arrival or departure of patients Safeguarding documents relating to the patient Reporting immediately any unusual symptoms of patients i.e., fainting or shortness of breath during time of escort. Maintaining Basic Life Support (BLS) certification Taking discharged patients to the door to await transportation as requested Work Schedule: Rotating Work Schedule - Days (07:30 a.m. to 04:00 p.m.); Afternoons (03:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.); or Nights (11:30 p.m. to 08:00 a.m.) Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT: 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 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 CONDITIONS: Work will be performed on the grounds of the MVAHCS, primarily within the hospital. 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. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Dexterity and SafetyInterpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)Technical PracticesWithout more than normal supervision 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 Minneapolis VA Medical Center One Veterans Drive Minneapolis, MN 55417 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]