Nursing Assistant I

Shift: Nights Shift Details: 7p-7a FTE: 0.9 On-Call Required?: No Weekends Required?: EOW Holidays Required?: EOH Interview Type: Client Offer

Duties:
Job Summary:
-Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations.
-In the psychiatric setting, aids patients in reality orientation, participates in behavior modification plans/therapy, provides informal support therapy to patients/families, provides verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aids in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients, facilitates age appropriate play for children, and monitors the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met.
-Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or physician.
-Provides assistance to patients and their families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, and discharge.
-Provides care/ treatments to patients as outlined in plan of care including, but not limited to, the measurement of vital signs, height and weight, specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, postural drainage, and supportive patient and family interactions.
-Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and assisting with ambulation.
-Provides indirect care to patients and assigned area to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, changing linens, re-stocking supplies, cleaning/sterilizing instruments, transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens, assisting in the orientation of new employees and students, and some routine clerical functions.
-Reinforces routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions.
-Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers.

Skill:
Required Skills & Experience:
-Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills.
-Six (6) months of relevant nursing assistant experience, which may include a nursing assistant course.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

Education:
Required Education:
-High School Diploma or GED.

Preferred Education:
-N/A

Required Certifications & Licensure:
-Listed as a Nursing Assistant I in the North Carolina Health Care Personnel Registry with no substantiated findings.
-Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.

Preferred Certifications & Licensure:
-N/A

Certifications & Licenses:
BLS - AHA
RN

Postal Code: 27288
Start Date: 11/25/2024

Hours Per Week: 36.00
Hours Per Day: 12.00
Days Per Week: 3.00