Nursing Assistant

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Buffalo (NY)

On-site

USD 35,000 - 44,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Child Care Subsidy

Federal pension

Telework not authorized

Virtual not available

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is hiring in the VA Western New York Healthcare System (Buffalo, NY) for a Nursing Assistant/LPN pathway, learning to perform basic nursing duties under close supervision across outpatient, inpatient, home, and community settings.

This role emphasizes supervised care, assistance with daily living, and integration into the nursing care team. Salary ranges from $35k to $44k per year with federal benefits and a strong focus on veteran wellness.

Qualifications

Education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
For foreign education, send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit.

Responsibilities

Performs activities of daily living and provides a range of care that contributes to the Veteran's treatment plan, recovery, and wellness under the direction of a licensed health care provider.
Assist licensed nursing staff in care of patients/residents in preventive, acute, sub-acute, chronic, and hospice care while learning complex nursing skills under supervision.

Skills

ADL support

Learning supervision

Team cooperation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The Nursing Assistant is learning to perform basic nursing duties under close supervision in a variety of health care settings such as outpatient, inpatient, home or Community Living Center (CLC), acute, sub-acute at the VA Western New York Healthcare System (Buffalo, NY).

Key Responsibilities

VA Careers - Licensed Practical Nurse: https://youtube.com/embed/Ae85IP1Oiz4 Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties are included but not limited to: Performs activities of daily living and provides a range of care that contributes to the Veteran's treatment plan, recovery, and wellness under the direction of a licensed health care provider.

The significant factor is that they provide care under close supervision, are learning to perform complex nursing skills, and will refer issues/questions to supervisors, higher graded NAs, licensed nursing staff or other healthcare professionals. Learning to provide complex nursing care independently as a member of the nursing care team by assisting higher graded NAs, licensed nursing staff, and other members of the care team.

Assist licensed nursing staff in the care of patients/residents receiving preventive, acute, sub-acute chronic, maintenance, and hospice care. Learning to perform complex nursing skills, and will refer issues/questions to supervisors, higher graded NAs, licensed nursing staff or other healthcare professionals. Utilize glucose monitoring machine to collect and document appropriate glucose readings for assigned Veterans.

Maintains a positive therapeutic relationship by displaying respect for human dignity with patients, families and/or significant others utilizing learned communication skills. Begins to utilize observation skills for data collection, reporting and recording patient/resident observations. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 11:00AM - 9:30PM Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized. Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized.

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized. 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 Authorized.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 10969-F, 10970-F, 10971F
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized.

Requirements & Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $35139 – $44132/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-02.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.