Nursing Assistant I (Rex 5 East/Oncology)

UNC Health; Raleigh; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Raleigh, North Carolina, seeks a Nursing Assistant I to provide routine direct and indirect patient care under supervision. The role supports inpatient and clinic settings and emphasizes safety, patient comfort, and teamwork.

Also assists with admissions, orientation, and discharge processes. Requirements include NC CNA I licensure, BLS certification, and a preference for six months of CNA experience.

Qualifications

• Must be a Nursing Assistant I per NC Department of Health and Human Services.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, and help procure equipment and supplies during emergencies.
• Observe, document, and report significant changes in patient condition to a nurse or physician.
• Provide direct personal care for activities of daily living and assist with admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Support patients and families by offering information and guidance about the hospital/clinic/home health care experience.
• Reinforce teaching provided by nurses or physicians and document patient understanding of instructions.
• Assist in cleaning, restocking supplies, transporting patients and materials, and orienting new staff and students.

Skills

Fluent English

Basic computer skills

Job description

Description

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Summary

Provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic or home health care setting. All work performed is under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician.

Responsibilities

• 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 11 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.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements

• None required as long as all other position requirements are met.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Professional Experience Requirements

• Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

• Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills.

Job Details

• Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
• Entity: UNC REX Healthcare
• Organization Unit: Rex 5 East/Oncology
• Work Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
• Salary Range: $17.60 - $24.29 per hour (Hiring Range)
• Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Work Schedule: Variable
• Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
• This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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