This position is located at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, DC (AFRH-W), within the Nursing Service department of Healthcare Services. The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) is responsible for performing various Resident care activities and related non-professional services necessary in caring for the non-skilled nursing care, personal needs and comfort of Residents.

Duties

As a Nursing Assistant, you will: Answer call lights promptly to determine Resident's needs. Provide comfort care and hygiene to Residents to include bathing, hair and nail care, oral hygiene, skin care and back rubs. Position Residents for comfort and therapy, serve and collect food trays and assist with feeding and maintaining a safe, clean, pleasant Resident environment. Assist Residents in walking, moving, and changing position by supporting and turning them. Accompany Residents to other areas of the facility for scheduled appointments, treatments, recreational, social and religious activities, and monitors and cares for Residents during transport to other medical treatment facilities. Accompany Residents to planned activities in the community or appointments scheduled as required. May be required to remain with the Resident when necessary. Maintain flow sheets and Resident records, documenting Resident care as per expected standards. Assist select Residents with personal laundry. Maximize Resident self-care in ADL's with appropriate assistive devices. Take accurate vital signs (i.e. blood pressure, pulse, respirations, temperature) and other required measurements (i.e. height, weight). Recognize implications of changes and reports to provider and/or nursing supervisor. Assist the Charge Nurse with insuring flow of oxygen during administration of oxygen, and monitoring skin sites. Assist with the reporting of drainage on dressings. Under the supervision of the Clinical Supervisor /Charge Nurse apply and remove binders and bandages (arm slings, ace bandages, etc.). Apply ointments and powders, hot and cold treatments such as thermal sources and ice packs as directed by the nurse. Report findings and results to the Clinical Supervisor/Charge Nurse. Assist with providing emotional, physical comfort and safety needs of Residents. Prepare Residents and rooms for examinations and diagnostic tests; assist/chaperone Resident care providers during examinations, procedures, treatments and diagnostic tests. Perform routine procedures in accordance with established standard operating procedures for CNA education. Perform blood pressure screenings and application of bandages and splints, etc. The charge nurse/supervisor guides and directs the CNA in providing care to Residents with chronic and acute medical and surgical procedures such as tracheotomies, laryngectomies, receiving O2 administration using concentrators/tanks, recent post-op surgical procedures, amputations, external drains, grafts, flaps, decubiti, etc. Obtain laboratory specimens, i.e., routine urine specimens; label specimens with Resident identification per AFRH policy and direction of Charge Nurse and transport specimens to laboratory for testing including blood, urine, stool, sputum and nasogastric tube specimens; obtain results (paper copy) from the laboratory as directed by Charge Nurse to be placed in chart.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. Specialized Experience for the GS-05: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: nonprofessional nursing care work in a hospital, nursing home, or other medical, nursing, or patient care facility, or in such work as that of a home health aide performing duties such as: *Providing personal nursing care; OR *Performing support duties for diagnostic and technical treatment procedures, such as setting up and operating special medical equipment and apparatus; OR *Caring for patients, including observing, recording, and reporting changes in their behavior, and providing reassurance and encouragement.; OR * Assisting surgeons and registered nurses in operating room activities, including passing instruments, maintaining sterile conditions, and draping and positioning patients. OR A 4-year course of study above high school leading to a bachelors degree with courses related to the occupation, if required; OR A combination of experience and education. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. AND Licensure: Must have an active and current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification in a state or territory of the U.S. SPECIAL NOTE: Long-term care experience and/or interacting with geriatric patients is highly desired. The work involves long periods of moving about the work unit. Work requires regular and recurring standing, bending, lifting, stooping, stretching, lifting and repositioning Residents. Must use proper body mechanics when lifting objects and use lift equipment for Residents. The work may require considerable and strenuous physical exertion, such as lifting objects greater the 50 pounds or defending oneself against physical attack. Time After Competitive Appointment: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a non-temporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment. In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-05, you must have been at the GS-04 level for 52 weeks

Education

Education Requirements: The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Chief Operating Officer Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]