Night-Shift Nursing Assistant I, Surgical Trauma CCU

UNC Health; Chapel Hill (NC); Presencial; USD 25.000 - 34.000; Tempo parcial

Resumo da vaga

UNC Health is seeking a Nursing Assistant I for the Surgical Trauma Critical Care Unit in Chapel Hill, NC. This 24-hour-per-week role offers 12-hour day shifts (7am-7:30pm) with weekend and holiday rotation, and a comprehensive benefits package.

You will perform routine direct and indirect patient care under RN/physician supervision, assist with examinations and procedures, gather and report patient information, and support patients and families through admissions, care, and discharge.

Qualificações

• Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills.
• None required as long as all other position requirements are met.
• Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience

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.

Conhecimentos

Fluent English

Basic computer skills

Descrição da vaga

UNC Health is seeking a Nursing Assistant I for the Surgical Trauma Critical Care Unit in Chapel Hill, NC. This 24-hour-per-week role offers 12-hour day shifts (7am-7:30pm) with weekend and holiday rotation, and a comprehensive benefits package.

You will perform routine direct and indirect patient care under RN/physician supervision, assist with examinations and procedures, gather and report patient information, and support patients and families through admissions, care, and discharge.