Neuroscience Nursing Assistant - Per Diem, 12-Hour Shifts

UNC Health; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

UNC Health is seeking a Nursing Assistant I for the Acute Neuroscience unit in Chapel Hill. This Per Diem position requires a minimum of 12 hours every two weeks, with 12-hour rotating day and night shifts, including weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities include direct and indirect patient care under supervision, assistance with examinations, patient orientation, vital signs, and documentation. Licensure: Nursing Assistant I with North Carolina DHHS and BLS certification preferred.

Qualifications

• Fluent in verbal and written English.
• Able to develop basic computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and health care staff with routine examinations and procedures.
• Aids patients in reality orientation and participates in behavior modification plans/therapy.
• Observe, collect, and document patient information and report changes to nurse or physician.
• Assist patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Provide care/treatments per plan of care including vital signs, wound care, glucose checks, ROM exercises, and assist with daily living.
• Provide direct personal care for activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and ambulation.
• Perform routine clerical tasks, stocking supplies, cleaning areas, and transporting patients and specimens.
• Reinforce patient education and distribute educational materials.

Skills

Fluent English

Basic computer skills

Job description

UNC Health is seeking a Nursing Assistant I for the Acute Neuroscience unit in Chapel Hill. This Per Diem position requires a minimum of 12 hours every two weeks, with 12-hour rotating day and night shifts, including weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities include direct and indirect patient care under supervision, assistance with examinations, patient orientation, vital signs, and documentation. Licensure: Nursing Assistant I with North Carolina DHHS and BLS certification preferred.