Nurse Aide

About the role

Are you motivated to help residents feel safe, supported, and comfortable through attentive daily care? As a Nurse Aide with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), you will play a meaningful role in supporting veterans at the Southwestern Veterans' Center. This position gives you the opportunity to make a difference through hands-on assistance and compassionate service. Your commitment will help create a homelike environment where residents can thrive.

Watch this video to see how you can make a difference caring for Pennsylvania's veterans working for the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Come join the DMVA team, apply today!

This position focuses on providing hands-on personal care, assisting with daily tasks, and supporting a clean, safe environment for residents in a long-term care setting. As a Nurse Aide, you will perform the following duties:

• Resident Support: Assist residents with daily living activities, monitor conditions, and report changes to nursing staff
• Personal Care: Help residents with bathing, grooming, transfers, toileting, feeding, and restorative activities
• Safety Practices: Apply safety devices, record vital information, and support resident mobility and monitoring
• Unit Assistance: Prepare beds, manage linens, collect specimens, maintain cleanliness, and restock supplies
• Room Maintenance: Support clean, organized resident rooms and address safety concerns with supervisors
• Resident Orientation: Assist with admissions, transfers, introductions, and organization of personal belongings

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information

• Full-time employment, 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week
• Work hours are 1st shift (6:00 AM to 2:30 PM), 2nd shift (2:00 PM to 10:30 PM), and 3rd shift (10:00 PM to 6:30 AM), with a 30-minute lunch. You will work rotating days and be required to work every other weekend.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• DMVA is pleased to announce the launch of a Nursing Referral Program, promoting the hiring and retention of nursing staff at Pennsylvania’s veterans homes. Under this program, both referring employees and referred candidates may be eligible for payments of up to $4,000.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements

• Active registration as a Nurse Aide in the Pennsylvania Nurse Aide Registry; or
• Six months of paid experience in the care and treatment of geriatric or physically ill patients or residents.
• This position is assigned to a long-term or specialized care facility and requires active registration as a Nurse Aide in the Pennsylvania Nurse Aide Registry.

Additional Requirement

• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Preferred Qualification (not required)

• Previous long term care experience

Legal Requirements

• A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Older Adult Protective Services Act.
• Under the Act, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including but not limited to, PA State Police and FBI clearance.

How to Apply

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS)

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

Additional information

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

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