Job Description

Nursing Assistant - Mental Health-Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (RRTP)

SUD RRTP (Substance Use Disorder, Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program) with the opportunity to cross cover in mental health services

Togus VA Medical Center, 1 VA Center, Augusta, ME 04330-6795

The purpose of this position is to serve as a Nursing Assistant and assist in the full range of nursing care to patients/residents with physical and/or behavioral problems in a hospital, long term care or outpatient setting under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN) and/or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). The Togus VA is an interdisciplinary facility providing care for a large Veteran inpatient and outpatient population with multiple medical and/or mental health co-morbidities. Depending on grade and assignment duties may include but are not limited to:

Perform with skill and effectiveness, any and all duties associated with nursing assistant work. Observes and reports physical, emotional, behavioral and psychosocial aspects of the patient's condition. Provides complete personal hygiene care needs, turns and positions patients to maintain proper body alignment, lifts, ambulates, and transfers patients. Promotes the physical independence of the patient by encouraging and teaching individual patients and groups of patients in self-care activities, such as progressive steps in personal hygiene, bathing, and oral care, also assists in teaching and encouraging other care activities such as eating, dressing, undressing, and other training as needed. Provides structures and maintains a therapeutic environment in collaboration with the patient and other healthcare clinicians. Assists with treatments, prepares equipment, performs selected procedures after appropriate instruction, observes infection control practices, and implements bowel and bladder programs. Serve as members of the treatment team in motivating patients and directing their behavior toward achieving treatment plan goals. Participates in the admission of patients by providing secure, reassuring milieu, orienting patients to the unit, checking them for contraband when indicated and assisting the registered nurse in implementing the nursing admission procedure.

Basic Requirements

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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:

Licensed practical or vocational nurses appointed to direct patient care positions must be proficient in [both] spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), and 7407(d).

Experience or Education or Training:

Six months of general experience. Experience must demonstrate the ability to acquire the knowledge and skills to perform the work of a NA;

OR,

One year of education above high school with courses related to the NA occupation;

OR,

Completion of an intensive, specialized, occupation-related training course of study or program of less than one year as a NA may also meet in full the experience requirements for GS-3.

Please see job description for education/experience for GS-Level Grade Determinations.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $44,103 to - $71,998 per year. Salary will depend upon duty station location and GS Grade.

Work Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours/week, Rotating Shifts to include: Days, Evenings, Weekends and Holidays

Benefits: A career with the U.S. Government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a Federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your Federal career very rewarding. Click this link for more Federal Benefits information for Nursing Assistants: https://vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025-Total-Rewards-Allied-Health-Professions-VA-Career.pdf

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https://www.usajobs.gov/job/849651300

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $44,103.00 - $71,998.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) Dental insurance Employee discount Flexible schedule Health insurance Paid time off Vision insurance
Work Location: In person