Inpatient Nursing Assistant I - 36hrs Rotating Shifts

UNC Health; Hillsborough (NC); Presencial; USD 24.000 - 33.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Free onsite parking

UNC Health benefits

Descripción de la vacante

UNC Health Hillsborough Campus invites qualified Nursing Assistant I applicants to join a 36-hour per week inpatient unit dedicated to medicine with geriatrics emphasis and patients with complex discharge needs. The role operates on rotating day shifts with weekend coverage, and offers the opportunity to learn in a high performing team while caring for adults in a community hospital setting.

Under direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician, you will assist with routine examinations,

Formación

• Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills.
• Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience
• Licensed Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conocimientos

Fluent English

Descripción del empleo

UNC Health Hillsborough Campus invites qualified Nursing Assistant I applicants to join a 36-hour per week inpatient unit dedicated to medicine with geriatrics emphasis and patients with complex discharge needs. The role operates on rotating day shifts with weekend coverage, and offers the opportunity to learn in a high performing team while caring for adults in a community hospital setting.

Under direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician, you will assist with routine examinations,