Nursing Assistant

Summary The VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) is a Level 1a major interdisciplinary teaching healthcare system, offering a variety of Inpatient and Outpatient services to Veterans at the medical center in La Jolla and at the six Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) located in Chula Vista, Escondido, Imperial Valley, Kearny Mesa, Oceanside, Sorrento Valley, and Rio Clinic. The VASDHS provides high quality care with advanced technologies and a compassionate service to Veterans. Responsibilities The incumbent performs duties as follows : - Safely and effectively uses patient care equipment. - Identifies potential and actual emergencies and takes appropriate actions. - Maintains confidentiality of patient information. - Sets-up, uses, reprocesses, and maintains all unit/department-specific equipment that is designed by the manufacturer to be reused for multiple patients. - Obtains and records vital signs, pulse, temperature, respirations, blood pressure, and pain level. - Measu...