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Laborer - Investing in VA Nursing (IVAN) Training Program Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion
VISN 23 VA
Midwest Health Care Network, St. Cloud VA Medical Center, Gerirics Rehab and Ext. Care Summary This position serves as an assistant and is responsible for supporting the daily needs of Veterans in the Community Living Center and other Rehab and Extended Care programs. The incumbent assists in all aspects of support for pient care including the movement of pients, equipment, supplies and staff assistance the St. Cloud VA Medical Center, physically loced in St. Cloud, MN. Learn more about this agency Summary This position serves as an assistant and is responsible for supporting the daily needs of Veterans in the Community Living Center and other Rehab and Extended Care programs. The incumbent assists in all aspects of support for pient care including the movement of pients, equipment, supplies and staff assistance the St. Cloud VA Medical Center, physically loced in St. Cloud, MN. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 09/30/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on September 30, 2026 Locion 6 vacancies in the following locion: Saint Cloud, MN No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $20.99 - $24.48 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 2 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Part-time - 20 Hours Travel Required Not required Appointment type Temporary - 6 months Occupions and job series 3502 Laboring Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
CBSY-12997527-26-YKS
Control number 877521700 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency
ALL US CITIZENS
DIRECT
HIRE AUTHORITY
This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupion. Videos Duties Help This announcement used to capture applicants for current and future vacancy opportunities. The first round of applicants for our next class reviewed starting 07/30/2026. Candides hired for this IVAN position will receive supervised clinical training. After successful completion of the program, each IVAN employee has up to 24 months to take the Nurse Aide Training Competency, however this is not a requirement. They may continue to work as an IVAN employee until they are hired permanently, or until notice is given to discontinue participion in the IVAN program, up to 6 months from the start de. This position has high visibility throughout the institution and requires excellent customer service skills. The employee assists in all aspects of support for pient care including the movement of pients, equipment, supplies and staff assistance. Major duties include, but not limited to: The Orderly is primarily responsible for the safe and efficient movement of Veterans, either alone or with a nursing staff member as needed. Receives requests and comply with excellent customer service and phone etiquette. Is expected to be well-informed of work progress, establish work priorities and adjust comply with new or revised recommendions from the supervisor. Responds to requests to procure supplies, equipment, etc. from and for various areas of the facility, as requested by supervisor. Assists with lifting & moving pients between rooms or wards using Safe Pient Handling equipment. Assists with CLC reled therapeutic recreion by transporting Veterans and assisting with maintaining safety of Veterans during program. Maintains safety of Veterans in the Red Vest program by following red vest SOP. Assists with Rehabilition activities through pient transport and equipment assembly and delivery. Consults with the supervisor to make changes or coordine work as needed. Maintains competencies and is able to assist with physical management of disruptive behavior in mental health or other areas of the facility. Maintains competencies on Safe Pient Handling equipment and assists with ongoing training needs throughout facility. Makes changes to meet deadlines and priorities set by nursing service. Assures compliance with hand-off communicion procedures, checking pient's identificion and escort destinion prior to transporting to ensure proper pient identificion & locion. Provides and transports equipment as available. Disinfects/wipes down equipment with approved cleaning product prior to and after each pient transport. Rounds regularly on inpient wards to ensure Reusable Equipment is clean and disinfected for staff use. Maintains order and accessibility of reusable medical equipment in the CLC storage area. Requests or provides assistance from the nursing team to transfer pients to or from transport equipment, when needed using Safe Pient Handling resources. Responsible for notifying nursing or ancillary personnel upon arrival or departure of pients. Safeguards documents reling to the pient. Report immediely any unusual symptoms of pients i.e., fainting or shortness of breh during time of escort. Maintains Basic Life Support (BLS) certificion. As requested, takes discharged pients to the door to await transportion.
Work Schedule:
Daytime Hours 7:30am - 4:00pm, various days during the week, 20 hours, as needed for program completion. (Work hours may be further discussed during interview process) Position Description Title/PD#: Laborer - Investing in VA Nursing (IVAN) Training Program/PD90516-A, PD90516A, PD90516A, and
PD90516A
Telework:
Not Authorized Recruitment/Relocion Incentive:
Not Authorized Virtual/Remote Position :
This is not a virtual/remote position. The VA Midwest Health Care Network advoces for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare th empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee opering in a Whole Health System of care, you will opere in a model with three core elements, seeking to cree a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relionships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administrion (VHA) Mission Stement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care th improves their health and well-being. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigion Selective Services Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents ). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued identificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Complete all applicion requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) Selected applicants required to complete a pre-employment physical Qualificions To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement.
EXPERIENCE
A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstres you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants red in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualificion Standards .
SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT
Your qualificions will first be evalued against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess least the minimal acceptable qualificion requirement are considered for further ring; those who do not are red ineligible and are elimined. The potential eligible are then red against the remainder of the
Job Elements:
Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specificions, etc. (Other Than Blueprint Reading) Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Dexterity and Safety Reliability and Dependability Work Practices (Including Keeping Things Ne, Clean, and in Order) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
NOTE:
A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience credited on the basis of time actually spent in approprie activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indice clearly the nure of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Physical Requirements :
Ability to be on feet for the majority of the day. Will be required to stand and walk up to 10hours a day throughout the facility. Will be required to climb and descend stairs to reach certain destinions. Must have no lifting restrictions. Will be required to push and pull wheelchairs and other equipment weighing up to 400 pounds. Will be required to push and pull beds and equipment, with assistance, weighing up to 1000 pounds. Will be required to transport supplies weighing up to 20 pounds. Will be required to transport pient belongings and miscellaneous equipment weighing up to 20 pounds. Will be required to transport pients and items up and down an incline of 1 inch per foot. Will be required to have bileral motor coordinion to handle pients and equipment. Will be required to assist with physical management of disruptive behavior in pients.
Working Conditions:
Work performed on the grounds of the Saint Cloud VA Health System, primarily within the facility. Main duties include lifting and positioning pients, assisting with disruptive behavior pients in a clinical setting, transporting and moving pients, and cleaning reusable medical equipment. Pushing and pulling hospital equipment, walking distances, taking stairs, and answering cell phone daily occurrences. Retrieving equipment from around the hospital and grounds, and delivering equipment to various areas is expected. Assisting clinical staff with obtaining equipment and other pient support items needed. Work is in a Medical Center setting and involves possible exposure to contagious disease which will require approprie personal protective equipment (PPE) as identified. Must be able to speak, spell, read, write and understand English. Must have excellent communicion skills and the ability to interact well with pients of all ages. Must have good pient relions and courteous manners. Must be able to work under stress in a fast-paced environment. Must be able to opere computer and cell phone. Must demonstre reliability, punctuality and good tendance. Educion There is no educion substitution for this position. Additional informion Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act . Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found https://www.opm.gov/ . Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacion)
Leave:
Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-reled non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Applicants referred in the order in which they were received. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents
Required Documents Help Documents Required:
Resume Documents Accepted:
Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (VA) Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion. Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.
Veterans' Preference:
Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position. Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. How to Apply Help All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/30/2026 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12997527 . 1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. 2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE:
It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center . Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further considerion for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to upde the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include informion relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualificions if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualificions and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. If initial applicion submission is upded and resubmitted with a new resume, only the most current resume reviewed for considerion. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creing a
Two-Page Resume:
Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstring skills and competencies Remove outded or unreled experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found : https://help.usajobs.
//www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/hiring-informion/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/ To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. Agency contact informion Yalonda Smith Phone 6124675071 yalonda.smith@va.gov Address St Cloud VA Medical Center 4801 Veterans Drive St Cloud, MN 56303 US Next steps After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request
Required Documents Help Documents Required:
Resume Documents Accepted:
Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (VA) Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion. Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.
Veterans' Preference:
Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position. Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. How to Apply Help All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/30/2026 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12997527 . 1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. 2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE:
It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center . Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further considerion for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to upde the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include informion relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualificions if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualificions and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. If initial applicion submission is upded and resubmitted with a new resume, only the most current resume reviewed for considerion. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creing a
Two-Page Resume:
Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstring skills and competencies Remove outded or unreled experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found : https://help.usajobs.
//www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/hiring-informion/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/ To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Yalonda Smith Phone 6124675071 yalonda.smith@va.gov Address St Cloud VA Medical Center 4801 Veterans Drive St Cloud, MN 56303 US Next steps After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 09/30/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on September 30, 2026 Locion 6 vacancies in the following locion: Saint Cloud, MN No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $20.99 - $24.48 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 2 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Part-time - 20 Hours Travel Required Not required Appointment type Temporary - 6 months Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
