# Nursing Assistant -  Medical/Surgical

Hiring organization: [Veterans Health Administration](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/veterans-health-administration)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/12f618d5-f3c8-4725-a2b7-6b99fbdc6915

Listed on Veterans Health Administration's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Entry
- Location: Marion, IL
- Salary: 37683 – 58811 USD per year

## Summary

The Marion VA Health Care System is hiring nursing assistants to provide direct patient care in a medical/surgical unit, working with acutely ill veterans under RN supervision on day and night shifts. The role involves vital signs, hygiene, patient transfers, telemetry monitoring, and basic patient care tasks in a hospital setting.

_Our summary, not Veterans Health Administration's wording._

## Skills named

Medical Telemetry

## Required

- U.S. citizenship or inability to recruit qualified citizens
- English language proficiency in spoken and written form
- Six months general experience or one year of education above high school related to nursing assistance or completion of specialized NA training
- Current BLS certification with AED from American Heart Association (AHA) or Military Treatment Training Network (MTN)

## Nice to have

- Two years of nursing assistant experience
- One year of acute care nursing assistant experience
- Telemetry training
- BLS certification

Apply on Veterans Health Administration's site: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/890426900