Allied Health Professional
Major duties include, but are not limited to:
- Provide personal care including bathing, toileting, grooming, positioning, and assisting with activity using proper body mechanics.
- Support bowel and bladder elimination, collect specimens, manage urinary drainage devices, and perform bladder scans per facility policy.
- Assist with respiratory support by positioning Veterans, maintaining an open airway, and setting up and administering oxygen therapy as ordered.
- Observe, maintain, and promote skin integrity following evidence-based guidelines and facility procedures.
- Obtain, record, and report vital signs and measurements including temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, height, weight, pulse oximetry, and pain.
- Report significant changes in a Veteran's physical or psychosocial condition to the Registered Nurse or Urgent Care Provider.
- Perform electrocardiogram (EKG) procedures and point-of-care blood glucose testing and report results per policy.
- Provide care to Veterans receiving intravenous therapy, including observing sites, reporting abnormalities, and removing peripheral intravenous catheters as directed.
- Assist with emergency measures such as maintaining airway, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and protecting Veterans experiencing seizures.
- Collect and transport laboratory specimens, restock supplies, clean rooms for patient evaluation, and escort Veterans and families as needed.
Work Schedule: Full-time, 8:00am - 4:30pm, Rotating weekends and holidays required.
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Saint Cloud VA Health Care is part of the VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23). The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.