Certified Nursing Assistant Nursing Float

Dignity Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider seeks a compassionate Nursing Assistant to join their dedicated team. In this vital role, you'll assist patients with daily activities, monitor their conditions, and ensure their comfort and safety. This position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in patients' lives while working in a supportive environment that values talent and innovation. If you have a genuine desire to help others and are eager to grow in your career, this is the perfect opportunity for you to thrive in the healthcare industry.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

FSA Matching

Retirement Plans

Paid Vacation

Adoption Assistance

Qualifications

• 1+ year experience as a Nursing Assistant in an acute care setting.
• Current certifications in Nursing Assistant and AHA BLS required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hourly patient rounds, checking vitals and assisting with care.
• Assist patients with hygiene needs and ambulation as necessary.

Skills

Patient Care

Vital Signs Monitoring

Hygiene Assistance

Communication Skills

Education

California Nursing Assistant Certification

AHA BLS Certification

Job description

Overview

Founded in 1955, Dignity Health – Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a 394-bed acute care nonprofit community hospital located in Northridge, California. The hospital offers a full complement of award-winning services including the Leavey Cancer Center, a cardiovascular center, stroke center, the Center for Assault Treatment Services, a pediatric medical center, and the only pediatric trauma center in the San Fernando Valley. As a leading provider of compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care, we share a rich legacy with Dignity Health, one of the nation’s five largest health care systems. We are part of a 21-state network of nearly 9,000 physicians, 62,000 employees, and more than 400 care centers. Visit dignityhealth.org/northridgehospital for more information.

NURSING ASSISTANT - Nursing Float

Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center

As our Nursing Assistant Certified at Northridge, now part of CommonSpirit Health formed between Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, you’ll help our patients feel safer and more comfortable by assisting with their basic daily life activities.

Your success in this role comes from your genuine desire to help patients feel better, whether that means giving them fresh bed linens or checking their vitals. You’re diligent about your tasks, observant of patients’ conditions improving or declining, and accept coaching well. You know we’re all continuously trying to become better care providers, and you’re eager to learn.

While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA matching, retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, and more.

Connect with us today if you are ready to experience a culture driven by talent, technology, innovation, and humankindness!

Responsibilities

• Check in with the outgoing patient care techs at the beginning of your shift to get a report on your patients.
• Conduct hourly rounds on patients, checking vitals, maintaining whiteboard information, and assisting with care as needed.
• Assist patients with ambulating as necessary. This may mean helping them reach a recliner in their room, walk to the bathroom, or down the hall. Assist released patients in getting safely to their vehicles outside.
• Assist patients with hygiene needs. This can include a full bed bath, an assisted bed bath, or retrieving towels and soap for ambulatory patients.
• Help the nurse with tube insertions such as an NG tube, rectal tube, or catheter. You may be holding a cup of water, holding the patient, or providing the nurse with supplies as needed, and cleaning up after.
• Change bed linens, check patients’ weight, and perform other tasks as assigned each day.
• Under the direct supervision of the licensed nurse, the Nursing Assistant provides basic patient care in accordance with individual needs, hospital policy, and standards of patient care.

Qualifications

• At least one (1) year of experience as a Nursing Assistant required.
• Acute care facility experience preferred.
• Current California Nursing Assistant certification required.
• Current AHA BLS card required.
• LA Fire Card required within 90 days of hire.

This position is represented by SEIU UHW and covered by the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.