Compassionate Patient Care Assistant

Stony Brook Medicine; Stony Brook (NY); On-site; USD 47,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Stony Brook Medicine is seeking Nursing Assistant I/II to provide empathetic patient care under RN supervision at the Stony Brook University Hospital. Duties include assisting with daily living activities, documentation, and basic clinical tasks to maintain a safe care environment.

Candidates should have or obtain NYS CNA certification, one year of patient care experience, and a HS diploma or GED. This full-time role offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, with guidelines

Qualifications

• NURSING ASSISTANT 1-Required: Possession of or ability to acquire during the probationary period.
• NURSING ASSISTANT 2-Required: One year of satisfactory full-time patient care under professional supervision.
• Preferred: NYS Certified Nursing Assistant license or certification from an approved CNA training program, one year of patient care experience and a High School Diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Change simple dressings as directed, give enemas, douches, and irrigations as directed.
• Apply hot water bottles, aqua K pads, ice bags, and coolers, and hot and cold 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, personal, hygienic, and simple human needs in order to maintain in the clinical facility an atmosphere conducive to treatment and comfortable for persons in care.
• Feed persons requiring assistance in order to assure that such individuals receive appropriate nourishment.
• Bathe and dress, brush teeth and trim fingernails and toenails of persons in care.
• Maintain persons in care rights, dignity, and confidentiality.
• On occasion and in conjunction with providing care, may perform a variety of housekeeping and cleaning duties as related to direct care in order to assure that the clinical facility is clean, sanitary, orderly, and properly supplied.

Skills

NURSING ASSISTANT 1-Required

NURSING ASSISTANT 2-Required

Education

HS diploma or GED

NYS Certified Nursing Assistant license or CNA certification

1 year patient care experience

Job description

Stony Brook Medicine is seeking Nursing Assistant I/II to provide empathetic patient care under RN supervision at the Stony Brook University Hospital. Duties include assisting with daily living activities, documentation, and basic clinical tasks to maintain a safe care environment.

Candidates should have or obtain NYS CNA certification, one year of patient care experience, and a HS diploma or GED. This full-time role offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, with guidelines