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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.
Learn more about this agency10/22/2024 to 11/04/2024
$21.63 - $28.12 per hour
GS 5
2 vacancies in the following location:
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No
Not required
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Permanent
Part-time
Competitive
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25-AFRH-12574852
815077700
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.
Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas.
Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.
All candidates who are: Current or former federal employees qualifying as Status Candidates, VEOA eligibles, CTAP/ICTAP eligibles, eligible for special hiring authorities (e.g., the Schedule A appointment for persons with disabilities, or covered by an Interchange Agreement), or VRA eligibles or Land Management employees eligible under Public Law 114-47.
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.
This opportunity is also open to the public under Announcement 25-AFRH-12574853-P. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.
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.
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 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.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Our comprehensive benefits are very generous. Our benefits package includes:
Learn more about Federal benefits programs at: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/Pay_and_Benefits
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application includes your résumé, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your résumé includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your résumé may result in a "not qualified" determination.
Rating: You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):
Technical
Communication
A complete application includes 1. A résumé, 2. Vacancy question responses, and 3. Submission of any required documents. Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).
All applicants are required to submit a résumé either by creating one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.) To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/date/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your résumé. We suggest that you preview the online questions, as you may need to customize your résumé to ensure that it supports your responses to these questions. Please view résumé tips.
CURRENT AND FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES-- Documentation Relating to Your Federal Employment:
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL: Submit a copy of your most recent completed annual performance appraisal includes the final rating. if you have not received a performance appraisal, please explain why in your application.
Licensure: Must have an active and current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification in a state or territory of the U.S.If you are applying under a special hiring authority (e.g. Military Spouses, Interchange Agreement, VEOA, VRA, Schedule A Disability, etc.), please see applicant guide for required documentation. In order to be eligible under one of these authorities, you must submit all required documentation as outlined in the applicant guide.
CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (CTAP) OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (ICTAP) DOCUMENTATION: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click CTAP/ICTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
AFRH has partnered with the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service to provide certain personnel services to its organization. Fiscal Service's responsibilities include advertising vacancies, accepting and handling applications, and extending job offers.
Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application.
The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing date.
The Bureau provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you require this for any part of the application and hiring process.
Once the online questionnaire is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. We will review your résumé and transcript(s) (if appropriate) to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. We will evaluate each applicant who meets the basic qualifications on the information provided and may interview the best-qualified applicants. After making a tentative job offer, we will conduct any required suitability and/or security background investigation.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/815077700. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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The AFRH is an independent Federal Agency which most closely resembles a private sector Continuing Care Retirement Community with a geriatric resident population of distinguished Veterans who have served their country. If you would like to work in an environment that nurtures the Health and Wellness philosophy of aging and that provides a continuum of residential Life Care Services in a community setting for our Nation's Heroes, we invite you to visit our website.
