Nursing Assistant
What you'd do
About the Position: This position is located in the at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
Major duties
Perform a range of personal care which includes bathing, feeding, lifting, turning, ambulating, transporting patients and providing oral, hair, skin and related hygiene care. Assist with patient examinations and procedures. Observe patients for changes in conditions and report as needed. Collect or assist in collection of specimens and test selected specimens such as finger sticks for glucose, specimens for occult blood, etc. Assist in providing patients with basic and general information regarding self-care and therapy to ensure compliance with physician's orders. Record observations and other pertinent data on appropriate records.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Experience: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least six (6) months of general experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the work of the position, or provided a familiarity with nonprofessional nursing care, such as performing work in a hospital, outpatient clinic, nursing home, or other medical, nursing or patient care facility AND six (6) months of specialized experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: Providing personal nursing care, such as, feeding, bathing, or transporting patients; maintaining patient medical records; and obtaining vital signs or specimens from patients. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-03. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you may qualify if your education meets the definitions below: Education Substitution for Specialized Experience for GS-04: Successful completion of a two-year degree program in an accredited community college, junior college, or college or university in practical nursing or in a field of study appropriate to the specialization of the position, such as education in a program for psychology, psychiatric, or operating room technician. OR Combination of Experience and Education Substitution for Specialized Experience for GS-04: If you have some, but not all of the experience or education described above, you may still qualify by combining the amount of creditable experience and education that you possess. To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of undergraduate education by 60. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100% to qualify.
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