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 Fargo VA Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota, in the Community Living Center. You will help care for Veterans with acute, sub-acute, or chronic illness, under the direction of registered nurses. The job includes rotating weekends and holidays, and there is 1 vacancy.
Can you apply?
Yes, if you are a U.S. citizen: this job is open to everyone.
- Agency employees onlyOnly current employees of the hiring agency.
- Federal employees (excepted service)Current federal employees in the excepted service; the announcement says which agencies count.
- Open to everyoneAny U.S. citizen or national can apply. Some jobs also accept non-citizens; the announcement says so.
- Federal employees (competitive service)Current or former federal employees with competitive status (career or career-conditional).
Other groups listed above may get extra consideration, for example veterans' preference.
The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Veterans' preference does not apply, and the agency also lists current permanent VA and other federal employees as eligible.
What you would do
- Monitor residents' condition and report subtle changes to the registered nurse.
- Take vital signs, including temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and oxygen levels.
- Check oxygen delivery and perform pulse oximeter readings.
- Assist the nurse or provider with wound care.
- Manage urinary catheter bags and record urine output.
- Transport residents to tests and procedures as directed.
Do you qualify for GS-3 to GS-5?
With experience: For GS-3, you need six months of general experience that shows you can learn nursing assistant skills. For GS-4, you need one year of experience as a nursing assistant or in another medical field, such as licensed practical nurse or hospital corpsman. For GS-5, you need one year of progressively responsible experience at the GS-4 level in nursing care.
With education: One year of education above high school with courses related to nursing assistant work meets the basic requirement, as does completing an intensive nursing assistant training program of less than one year. For GS-4, you need two years above high school in nursing, health care, or a related field. For GS-5, you need a four-year program with 24 semester hours of health care courses, or a bachelor's degree.
Licenses and certifications you need:
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required; training is provided
How to apply well
What to send:
- Long-form resume or curriculum vitae (CV)
- Cover letter
- Supplemental document with written answers to the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs)
- Transcript, if you use education to qualify (must show your name, school, program, total credits, and date conferred)
- DD-214 or Statement of Service, if it applies to you
- VA Disability Letter, if it applies to you
- Professional certification, if it applies to you
- SF-15 and SF-50, if they apply to you
How you will be rated: You are rated on how well you meet the qualifications, based on your application, resume, and supporting documents, which will be verified. Missing information, errors, or omissions may make you ineligible or lower your rating, and the VA may run pre-employment reference checks.
Tips for this job:
- Send a long-form resume or CV; the two-page resume limit does not apply to this job.
- If you use education to qualify, send transcripts showing your name, school, program, total credits, and date conferred.
- Answer every question in the online questionnaire and send the written KSA responses, because missing items can lower your rating.
Good to know before you apply
Schedule: Full-time. Shifts are 0600-1430 and 1530-2400, with rotating weekends and holidays.
Incentives and relocation: A recruitment/relocation incentive (sign-on bonus) is authorized for eligible, highly qualified applicants and requires a service agreement. Permanent change of station (relocation assistance) is not authorized.
Conditions of employment:
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Drug test (urinalysis) before appointment
- Selective Service registration for males born after 12/31/1959
- Must be proficient in written and spoken English
- Background and security investigation
- Pre-employment physical evaluation or examination
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required
- Online onboarding with acceptable ID; non-REAL ID driver's licenses are not accepted after May 7, 2025
- 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
- $40,110 – $63,606 per year
- Pay scale and grade
- GS-3 to GS-5 · General Schedule
- Location
- Fargo, North Dakota
- Appointment
- Permanent
- Work schedule
- Full-time
- Service
- Excepted
- Openings
- 1
- Security clearance
- Not Required
- Travel
- Not required
- Drug test
- Not required
- Supervisory
- No
- Occupation
- Nursing Assistant (0621)
- Announcement
- CBSY-13103027-27-JH
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