Nursing Assistant – Specialty Care 3K Unit
Veterans Health Administration · Department of Veterans Affairs
This job in plain English
This is a Nursing Assistant job on the Specialty Care 3K Unit at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, part of the Veterans Health Administration. The unit cares for Veterans with acute medical and surgical needs, including cardiac and respiratory conditions. The job requires day and night shift rotations, including weekends and holidays.
Can you apply?
Yes, if you are a U.S. citizen: this job is open to everyone.
- Federal employees (competitive service)Current or former federal employees with competitive status (career or career-conditional).
- Open to everyoneAny U.S. citizen or national can apply. Some jobs also accept non-citizens; the announcement says so.
- 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.
Other groups listed above may get extra consideration, for example veterans' preference.
Only U.S. citizens can apply. The job is open to the public, current permanent VA employees, and current permanent federal employees of other agencies. Veterans' preference does not apply.
What you would do
- Provide direct care, including bathing, hygiene, mobility, and meals.
- Observe and report changes in behavior, mood, skin color, appetite, and response to care.
- Perform nursing procedures such as suctioning, catheter care, and dressings.
- Monitor and record intake, output, blood sugar, and vital signs, and report problems quickly.
- Support group activities and individual Veteran treatment plans.
- Keep the unit clean and safe, and follow infection-control practices.
Do you qualify for GS-3 to GS-5?
With experience: Six months of general experience that shows you can learn nursing assistant work qualifies you for the entry level, GS-3. For GS-4, you need one year of nursing assistant or related medical experience, such as LPN or health technician work, and for GS-5 you need one year of more responsible nursing care experience at the GS-4 level.
With education: One year of education above high school with courses related to nursing assistant work meets the basic requirement. For GS-4, you need two years above high school in nursing or health care courses. For GS-5, you need a four-year program leading to a bachelor's degree 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
- Transcripts if you qualify through education, showing your name, school, program, credits, and degree date
- Written answers to the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), recommended and needed for full GS-4 and GS-5 consideration
- Professional certification, if you have one
- SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee
- VA disability letter, if applicable
How you will be rated: You will be rated on how well your application meets the qualifications. Your application, resume, and documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible.
Tips for this job:
- If you use education to qualify, attach transcripts showing your name, school, program, credits, and degree date.
- Describe your experience clearly and specifically, because the agency will not assume anything about it.
- Plan ahead for the required seasonal flu vaccination or an approved exemption, and submit every required document by the closing time.
Good to know before you apply
Schedule: Full-time. Day and night shift rotations, including weekends and holidays. Compressed and flexible schedules are available.
Incentives and relocation: Student loan repayment of up to $10,000 per year, up to $60,000 in total, with a service agreement. Recruitment or relocation sign-on bonuses and relocation assistance are not authorized.
Conditions of employment:
- U.S. citizenship required
- 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 exam
- Acceptable ID for onboarding; driver's licenses must be REAL ID compliant
- Seasonal flu vaccination required, or an approved medical or religious exemption
- 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
- $39,985 – $65,284 per year
- Pay scale and grade
- GS-3 to GS-5 · General Schedule
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 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-13104547-27-JH
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