Night Shift Nursing Assistant I/II - Med/Tele Care

Stony Brook University; Stony Brook (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Stony Brook University Hospital is hiring a Nursing Assistant I/II for the 16N Med/Tele unit on the night shift. Under RN supervision, you will provide direct patient care, document care, monitor vital signs, and assist with activities of daily living to ensure a safe, respectful environment.

The position emphasizes communication, ethical decision-making, and adherence to high standards of excellence. Preferred CNA certification and a HS diploma are noted; pre-employment steps and regulatory

Qualifications

• Possession of or ability to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities during the probationary period.
• One year of satisfactory full-time experience in the provision of simple treatment and other patient care services under professional supervision.
• Preferred: NYS Certified Nursing Assistant license or certification from an approved CNA training program, one year of patient care experience and a High School Diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Change simple dressings as directed, give enemas, douches, and irrigations as directed.
• Apply hot water bottles, aqua K pads, ice bags, and coolers, and hot and cold compresses as directed.
• Chart and document care and/or behaviors as required.
• Take temperatures, pulse rates, blood pressure and respiration rate.
• Attend to daily living activities, personal, hygienic, and simple human needs in order to maintain in the clinical facility an atmosphere conducive to treatment and comfortable for persons in care.
• Feed persons requiring assistance in order to assure that such individuals receive appropriate nourishment.
• Bathe and dress, brush teeth and trim fingernails and toenails of persons in care.
• Maintain persons in care rights, dignity, and confidentiality.
• On occasion and in conjunction with providing care, may perform a variety of housekeeping and cleaning duties as related to direct care in order to assure that the clinical facility is clean, sanitary, orderly, and properly supplied.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Patient care

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Stony Brook University Hospital is hiring a Nursing Assistant I/II for the 16N Med/Tele unit on the night shift. Under RN supervision, you will provide direct patient care, document care, monitor vital signs, and assist with activities of daily living to ensure a safe, respectful environment.

The position emphasizes communication, ethical decision-making, and adherence to high standards of excellence. Preferred CNA certification and a HS diploma are noted; pre-employment steps and regulatory