Nursing Assistant – Community Living Center
Veterans Health Administration · Department of Veterans Affairs
This job in plain English
This is a full-time Nursing Assistant job at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle and Tacoma, Washington. The work supports older and frail Veterans in a Community Living Center under the direction of Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses. Shifts rotate, and the agency has few vacancies to fill.
Can you apply?
Yes, if you are a U.S. citizen: this job is open to everyone.
- Open to everyoneAny U.S. citizen or national can apply. Some jobs also accept non-citizens; the announcement says so.
This job is open to the public. The conditions of employment say you must be a U.S. citizen to apply.
What you would do
- Help Veterans with daily living activities and physical functioning
- Carry out restorative exercises, turning, positioning and walking under the care plan
- Change clean dressings and monitor oxygen therapy as directed by the RN
- Escort Veterans to appointments and lead leisure and recreational activities
- Record treatments and care given in each Veteran's medical record
Do you qualify for GS-3 to GS-5?
With experience: For GS-3 (entry level), you need 6 months of general experience that shows you can learn nursing assistant work. For GS-4 and GS-5, you need 1 year of specialized experience as a nursing assistant or in another medical field, and GS-5 requires 1 year of experience at the GS-4 level with more responsibility.
With education: For GS-3, 1 year of education above high school with courses related to nursing assistant work, or an intensive nursing assistant training course of less than 1 year. For GS-4, 2 years above high school in nursing care, health care, or a related field. For GS-5, a bachelor's degree, or a 4-year program with 24 semester hours of health care courses. Education must come from schools accredited by a U.S. Department of Education recognized body.
How to apply well
What to send:
- Long-form resume or CV showing start and end month and year, hours per week, duties, and series and grade for federal jobs
- Transcripts if you use education to qualify
- SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee
How you will be rated: You will be rated on how well you meet the qualifications, based on your application, resume, and supporting documents. These will be verified, and reference checks may be done. Errors or missing information may lower your rating or affect your consideration.
Tips for this job:
- Your resume must show start and end month and year, hours per week, duties, and series and grade for federal jobs, or it will be disqualified.
- If you use education to qualify, send transcripts from accredited schools.
- Answer the occupational questionnaire fully and send all required documents, since missing information can lower your rating.
Good to know before you apply
Schedule: Full-time. Seattle shifts: 7:30am-4:00pm, 3:30pm-12:00am, or 11:30pm-8:00am. Tacoma shifts: 6:00am-2:30pm, 2:00pm-10:30pm, or 10:00pm-6:30am. Weekends rotate, with weekends off on a rotating basis. Compressed and flexible schedules are available.
Incentives and relocation: A recruitment or sign-on bonus may be authorized. Relocation assistance is not authorized.
Conditions of employment:
- U.S. citizenship
- Drug test (urinalysis) before appointment
- Selective Service registration for men born after 12/31/1959
- Proficient in written and spoken English
- Background and security investigation
- Pass a pre-employment physical evaluation
- Flu vaccination required, or an exemption with a face mask
- Online onboarding; driver's licenses that are not REAL ID compliant are not accepted as ID
- 1 or 2-year trial period
We wrote this summary automatically from the official announcement. The announcement on USAJOBS is the only one that counts: read it before you apply.
Job details
- Salary
- $42,127 – $68,781 per year
- Pay scale and grade
- GS-3 to GS-5 · General Schedule
- Locations
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- Seattle, Washington
- Tacoma, Washington
- Appointment
- Permanent
- Work schedule
- Full-time
- Service
- Excepted
- Openings
- Few
- Security clearance
- Not Required
- Travel
- Not required
- Drug test
- Not required
- Supervisory
- No
- Occupation
- Nursing Assistant (0621)
- Announcement
- CBSV-13100530-27-ML
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