Job description
Nursing Assistant
The Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI, seeks Nursing Assistants to serve our Veterans.
A Recruitment or Relocation incentive may be authorized for highly qualified candidates. $10,000 FT / $5,000 PT
Nursing Assistant, https://www.usajobs.gov/job/710878900
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Work Schedule: Full-Time/Part-Time, 12 hour/shifts, Weekends/Holidays required
Nursing Assistant-Medical/Oncology, https://www.usajobs.gov/job/721996100
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Nursing Assistant - Transitional Care, Rehab, GEM https://www.usajobs.gov/job/696324200
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Nursing Assistant - Medical/Surgical/Telemetry https://www.usajobs.gov/job/695091600
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Nursing Assistant - Long Term Care / Transitional https://www.usajobs.gov/job/696282800
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Nursing Assistant - Critical Care Float Pool, https://www.usajobs.gov/job/709744400
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Nursing Assistant-Spinal Cord Injury, https://www.usajobs.gov/job/701871000
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The VA offers support and training to our nursing staff:
- The VA utilizes cross-training to support career progression, staff development, and retention.
- Nurses work with the latest & emerging technologies.
- The VA has support for training, continuing education & degrees
- The VA offers training & development opportunities tailored to new nurses.
- VA Nurses have numerous opportunities to participate in research as both team members and principal investigators, ability to apply for grants, and utilize a wealth of established VA studies and research.
- The VA practices a whole health model with personal, proactive, comprehensive, and patient driven care.
- The VA encourages and supports proposals from all levels of nursing to improve and innovate care.
Perks of a Career at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center:
https://www.vacareers.va.gov/Benefits/EmploymentBenefits
- A childcare subsidy program
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- Free parking or transit subsidy programs
- Flexible work schedules and shifts including options for telework, weekend and holiday shifts with incentives
- Workforce and leadership development programs
- Career training and enhancement programs
- Dining options and a tax-free retail store
- Compensation and Benefits - Total Rewards
- Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k) - VA provides up to 5% employer matched/automated contributions to your plan
- Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) - VA contributes 8.3% annually to FERS basic/defined benefit
- 11 paid Federal Holidays, 13 sick leave days, and 13-26 vacation days per year
- Social Security paid by VA - (6.2 % of taxable wages up to max of $132,900 on behalf of employee
- Medicare paid by VA (1.45% on behalf of employee)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSAFEDS)
- Life Insurance - (VA pays 1/3 of insurance cost for basic life insurance)
- Rest easy knowing that VA has you and your family's insurance needs covered. Insurance coverage may follow you into retirement after (5) years of vested service (conditions apply).
Rest easy knowing that VA has you and your family’s insurance needs covered. Insurance coverage may follow you into retirement after (5) years of vested service (conditions apply). For a full list of benefits, visit: VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nursing Assistant
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
- Education. Graduate of a school of practical or vocational nursing approved by the appropriate State agency and/or [accredited by] the National League for Nursing [Accrediting Commission (NLNAC)] at the time the program was completed by the applicant.
– OR –
Health care education in the military service or training in the military service which is accepted by the licensing body in the jurisdiction in which the individual is licensed as qualifying for full LPN/L VN licensure will be accepted as meeting the education requirements for VHA employment.
– OR –
VHA employees who were converted to appointments under 38 U.S.C. 7401(3) in implementation of Public Law 98-160, enacted November 21, 1983, and for VHA employees converted to appointments under 38 U.S.C. 7405 in implementation of Public Law 99-576, enacted October 28, 1986; and for their future personnel actions under this authority.
– OR –
Individuals granted a license by a jurisdiction that does not require graduation from an approved school. See paragraph 4, section C.]
- Licensure. Full, active, current and unrestricted licensure as a [ ] licensed practical or vocational nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or District of Columbia. An LPN[/L VN] who has or has ever had, any license( s) revoked, suspended, denied, restricted, limited, or issued/placed in a probationary status may be appointed only in accordance with the provisions in chapter 3, section B, paragraph 16 of this part.
To find out more about education/experience levels, visit: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series – Reference: Series: 0621 Nursing Assistant
Apply through the links above, or at: https://www.usajobs.gov
Application Deadline: Friday, June 30, 2023
*** IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ FOR APPLICATION PURPOSES: ***
- A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week
- All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates
- Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities
- Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment
- IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI
The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $32,570.00 - $56,846.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Family leave
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Medical specialties:
- Critical & Intensive Care
- Medical-Surgical
Physical setting:
- Inpatient
- Long term care
Standard shift:
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Night shift
Supplemental pay types:
- Signing bonus
Work Location: In person