Compassionate Critical Care Nursing Assistant II

Stony Brook Medicine; Stony Brook (NY); On-site; USD 48,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave

Health insurance

Pension plan

Job summary

Stony Brook Medicine is seeking a Nursing Assistant 2 to support patient care under RN supervision at the Stony Brook University Hospital. You will communicate with patients and families, assist with daily living activities, and help ensure a respectful, safe environment for care.

Required: one year of full-time patient care experience; preferred NYS CNA license or approved CNA training; duties include vital signs, admissions, and basic clinical tasks.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills, knowledge and understanding of patient care.
• Respond to changing patient needs by making decisions based on ethical principles.

Responsibilities

• Change simple dressings as directed, give enemas, douches, and irrigations as directed.
• Apply hot/cold therapies and compresses as directed.
• Chart and document care and/or behaviors as required.
• Take temperatures, pulse rates, blood pressure and respiration rate.
• Attend to daily living activities and personal hygiene to maintain a conducive care environment.
• Feed persons requiring assistance to ensure proper nourishment.
• Bathe and dress, brush teeth and trim nails of persons in care.
• Maintain patient rights, dignity and confidentiality.
• May perform housekeeping duties related to direct care to keep the facility clean.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ethical patient care

Education

NYS CNA license

High School Diploma or GED

CNA training program certification

Job description

Stony Brook Medicine is seeking a Nursing Assistant 2 to support patient care under RN supervision at the Stony Brook University Hospital. You will communicate with patients and families, assist with daily living activities, and help ensure a respectful, safe environment for care.

Required: one year of full-time patient care experience; preferred NYS CNA license or approved CNA training; duties include vital signs, admissions, and basic clinical tasks.