ER Technician - FT - Eve - Vassar

Northwell Health; City of Poughkeepsie (NY); On-site; USD 36,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Vassar Brothers Medical Center in the Hudson Valley is seeking an entry-level Nursing Assistant to provide direct patient care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. Responsibilities include assisting with activities of daily living, taking vitals, and supporting clinical tasks to ensure safe, efficient care.

Requirements include a High School diploma or equivalent, BLS certification, and CNA training or CNA/EMT certification with prior experience.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• BLS Healthcare Certification is required.
• Completion of CNA training or proof of CNA/EMT certification with at least 6 months of experience.

Responsibilities

• Assists in delivery of patient care as part of nursing team under RN supervision.
• Performs routine nursing tasks and ADL assistance as directed.
• Measures and records vitals and reports abnormalities to the nurse in charge.
• Supports infection control practices and safety policies at all times.
• Collects specimens and delivers to lab as needed.
• Assists with continuity of patient care and communication among health care team.
• Maintains department cleanliness and restocks supplies.

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

BLS Healthcare Certification

Certified Nurse Aide Training Program / CNA or EMT

Job description

Description

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

Summary

Performs specific patient care activities and non-professional services (under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse), necessary to meet personal, physical and emotional needs of the population served, including neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult or geriatric patient and family, consistent with the philosophy, goals, policies and procedures of the Nursing Department and Medical Center Administration. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide appropriate care to the patient, based on the scope of services in the Department.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the delivery of patient care as a nursing team member by performing, in a prompt and appropriate manner, specific and nonspecific patient care tasks as directed by the nurse in charge, including (but not limited to) transport of patients as needed and assisting patients with activities of daily living.
• Obtains and records temperature, pulse, respiratory rate, pulse oximetry, blood pressure, finger stick blood glucose accurately and reports abnormalities to primary nurse promptly.
• Adheres to Hospital infection control practices, policies and performance improvement practices at all times. Always adheres to established safety and security precautions.
• Collects, prepares, labels and delivers specimens to lab in a timely manner per procedure, as needed.
• Demonstrates self-motivation by using unassigned time to perform duties and facilitate the smooth functioning of the Department.
• Assists in initiating and discontinuing cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring.
• Obtains EKG tracing, as requested, and submits to provider in a timely fashion.
• Competently performs Point of Care testing and quality control testing for the following waived testing to include Accucheck, urine dipsticks, urine pregnancy, and rapid strep testing, and reports and records results in a timely manner
• Accurately measures and fits patients for crutches and extremity splints on non- displaced fractures and/or non-fractured injuries and applies all bandages under the supervision of the RN. Extremity splints of Displaced Fractures to be applied by the physician and/or APC with assistance of the Specialty Technician.
• Reports to primary nurse and/or charge nurse any requests, complaints or problems of the patient, as well as reports all incidents and/or potentially hazardous situations to Supervisor, Nurse Director, or designee, at the time of occurrence or discovery.
• Assists with the continuity of patient care through harmonious working relationships with staff members and through appropriate interfacing with patient, family, and physicians. Communicates effectively and frequently with health care Team members to share information and solve problems in a positive and result-oriented manner, through timely and concise pertinent oral and/or written reports to oncoming Team members as indicated.
• Assists in sustaining a safe environment of care by maintaining the general cleanliness and appearance of the Department and the restock of patient care supplies in assigned locations and carts.
• Maintain and Model Nuvance Health Values.
• Demonstrates regular, reliable and predictable attendance.
• Performs other duties as required.

Other Information

• Requires High School diploma or equivalent.
• BLS Healthcare Certification
• For initial employment, successful completion of Certified Nurse Aide Training Program and/or proof of current Certification as C.N.A. or E.M.T. is required with minimum of 6-months experience.
• CPI Crisis Prevention Intervention within one year, based on availability of class
• General knowledge of High School subject matter including sciences, simple medical procedures/terminology, and/or office equipment e.g. MS Excel, Presentation skills, etc.
• Patient care experience in an acute care setting, preferred
• Phlebotomy experience, preferred.

Working Conditions

Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Significant occupational risk

Physical Effort: Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Significant exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Credentials:BLS,CNA,EMT

Company: Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Org Unit: 972

Department: Emergency Department

Exempt: No

Flat pay rate : $26.61/hr + evening differential

It is Northwell Health’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity and treat all applicants and employees equally regardless of age, race, creed/religion, color, national origin, immigration status, or citizenship status, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, sex/gender, gender identity, gender expression, height, weight, disability, pregnancy, genetic information or genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital or familial status, partnership status, victim of domestic violence, their or their dependent’s sexual or other reproductive health decisions, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.