Nursing Assitant

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 required: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which prepared you to do the work in this job.

Specialized experience is defined as: Assisting care providers during examinations, procedures, or treatments (i.e. throat/wound cultures, dressing changes, blood pressure screenings, ear irrigations, suture removal, bandaging, splinting, etc.); and/or assisting patients with Activities of Daily Living (ADL); and maintaining patient medical records/charts; and obtaining vital signs.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04). 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-05: Completion of at least a four-year course of study above high school leading to a bachelor's degree in nursing or related field of study. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR Combination of Experience and Education Substitution for Specialized Experience for GS-05: 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 in excess of 60 hours (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages. The total must equal at least 100% to qualify. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)

Patient Care and Support by assisting with ambulation and ADL’s.,Diagnostic and Treatment Set-up: Prepare rooms for patient arrival and patient discharge. Perform EKG’s and take vitals.,Clinical Maintenance and Logistics: Clean equipment and restock supplies.,Specimen collection: Obtain urine and stool samples.,Records data on clinical records in accordance with established standard operating procedures.