Night Psychiatric Health Technician – Direct Patient Care

UNC Health Careers; Woodridge (NC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Nash UNC Health Care is seeking a Nurse Assistant I to support patient care on the Nash campus. This full-time, onsite role supports the clinical unit through patient transport, room setup, and a range of clerical functions.

The position includes a night schedule and a 36-hour work week, with formal training and on-the-job supervision. Responsibilities include assisting with examinations, maintaining patient rooms, observing and documenting patient conditions, and helping patients and families

Qualifications

• Completion of an approved Nurse Assistant I course approved by the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
• Current listing with the NC Division of Health & Human Service Regulation Health Care Personnel.
• Current NC Driver's License and meets insurance requirements to drive hospital-owned vehicles.
• Current BCLS certification.
• CPI certification required within 90-days of starting to the unit.

Responsibilities

• 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, aid patients in reality orientation, participate in behavior modification plans/therapy, provide informal support therapy to patients/families, provide verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aid in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients, facilitate age appropriate play for children, and monitor 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 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, restocking 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.

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Nurse Assistant I course

Tools

BCLS certification

CPI certification

Job description

Nash UNC Health Care is seeking a Nurse Assistant I to support patient care on the Nash campus. This full-time, onsite role supports the clinical unit through patient transport, room setup, and a range of clerical functions.

The position includes a night schedule and a 36-hour work week, with formal training and on-the-job supervision. Responsibilities include assisting with examinations, maintaining patient rooms, observing and documenting patient conditions, and helping patients and families