Nursing Assistant

Full Job Description

These positions are located at the Armed Forces Retirement Home, 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.

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service.

One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.

To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé.

Certification: Must have an active and current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification in a state or territory of the U.S.; AND 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 you may qualify on education: A 4-year course of study above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with courses related to the occupation, if required; OR you may qualify on 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.

In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-5, you must have been at the GS-4 level for 52 weeks 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.

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. Major Duties:

As a Nursing Assistant, you will: Provide comfort care and hygiene to Residents to include bathing, hair and nail care, oral hygiene, skin care and back rubs.

Assist Residents in walking, moving, and changing position by supporting and turning them. Maintain flow sheets and Resident records, document Resident care as per expected standards.

Take accurate vital signs (i.e. blood pressure, pulse, respirations, temperature) and other required measurements (i.e. height, weight).