NA II - Cardiac Observation Unit

UNC Health; Rocky Mount (NC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Rocky Mount seeks a Nursing Assistant II to assist professional caregivers in delivering patient care and performing clerical tasks. The role involves direct patient support, maintaining patient rooms, and ensuring effective communication on the patient unit.

Successful candidates must have a High School diploma or GED, relevant certifications and experience as well as fluency in English. This full-time position requires night shifts and offers an opportunity to support patient care directly.

Qualifications

• One year of clerical or customer service experience.
• Six months of related nursing assistant experience.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations.
• Critically review patient care documentation and report changes.
• Provide a variety of clerical tasks including organization and documentation.
• Provide clinical support assistance including cleaning and re-stocking supplies.
• Deliver direct personal care to patients as per care plan.

Skills

Fluent in verbal and written English language

Computer skills

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

Summary

The Nursing Assistant II is responsible for assisting the professional caregiver in the delivery of patient care, transporting patients and/or equipment, setting up and maintaining patient rooms, and performing a wide range of clerical, transcription, and maintenance of the patient care unit desk area functions. Performs patient care requiring clinical and procedural knowledge and skills requiring the use of sterile techniques, infusion monitoring, and medical equipment. Coordinates the flow of communications on the patient care unit.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies.
• Critically review patient care documentation making note of any significant changes in the patient's condition and make an immediate report to a registered nurse or physician.
• Provide a variety of clerical tasks to include but not limited to organizing and prioritizing workload, greeting and directing visitors, researching information as requested by nurses and physicians, reviewing orders for logic and clarity, revising orders as requested by the nurse, answering the telephone/patient call lights, transcribing physician orders, and maintaining medical records. Perform routine quality assurance audits, safety checks, and inventory of supplies.
• Provide administrative and clerical support including PI audits and data entry.
• Provide clinical support assistance to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, maintaining office equipment, troubleshooting common software and hardware problems, changing linens, checking supply inventory, re‑stocking supplies, transporting patients/supplies/specimens, and assisting in the orientation of new employees and students.
• Provide direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care activities such as bathing, dressing, feeding, assisting with ambulation. Measure and record vital signs, and patient height and weight. May be responsible for specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, and/or postural drainage. Performs Oxygen room set‑up and monitors oxygen flow‑rate, performs oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal suctioning, tracheostomy care, fecal impaction removal, sterile dressing change wound irrigation, IV fluid assembly and monitoring, IV site care and discontinue peripheral IV, ostomy irrigation and care, urinary catheterization and irrigation, performs established oral, nasogastric, gastrostomy tube feeding.
• Reinforce routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions. Distribute patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers.

Education Requirements

• High School diploma or GED

Licensure / Certification Requirements

• Listed as Nursing Assistant II with the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
• Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification.

Professional Experience Requirements

• One (1) year of clerical or customer service experience and six (6) months of related nursing assistant experience, which may include a nursing assistant course or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Requirements

• Must be fluent in verbal and written English language. Capability to develop computer skills if not competent.

Job Details

• Legal Employer: Nash Hospitals
• Entity: Nash UNC Health Care
• Organization Unit: NGH Cardiac Obv Unit
• Work Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Work Schedule: Night Job
• Location of Job: NASH HC
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

EEO Statement

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.