Nurse Attendant

Sauk Prairie Healthcare, Inc.; Bay Shore (NY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Sauk Prairie Healthcare, Inc. is seeking a Nursing Assistant to support Registered Nurses in providing quality patient care. Responsibilities include assisting patients with daily living activities, maintaining a clean environment, and documenting patient information. Ideal candidates should possess a high school diploma, complete a nurse assistant course, and have strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively and follow instructions.
• Experience as a Nursing Attendant preferred.
• NYS Nurse Attendant certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assists patients with daily living activities and basic nursing care under RN supervision.
• Maintains cleanliness of patient care units and equipment.
• Provides emotional support and comfort to patients.

Skills

Communication

Patient Care

Organization

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Completion of Nurse Assistant course

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Job Description

Under direction and supervision of Registered Nurse, assists patients with activities of daily living, provides basic nursing care, and assists in maintenance of a safe and clean environment.

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Job Description

Under direction and supervision of Registered Nurse, assists patients with activities of daily living, provides basic nursing care, and assists in maintenance of a safe and clean environment.

Job Responsibility

• * Functions as a co-worker to the nurse and a key member of the nursing care team:
• Organizes patient care assignment and sets priorities.
• Alerts RN co-worker to changes in patient status i.e., alteration in comfort, skin integrity, alterations in breathing pattern, etc.
• Documents patient care and patient status changes on the appropriate chart forms.
• Communicates routine information to RN periodically during shift i.e., intake and output.
• * Assists RN in providing for ADL needs of patients:
• Prepares patients for meals, and feeds or assists with meals.
• Provides between meal nourishment and fresh water to patients.
• Bathes or assists patient to bathe, provides oral hygiene.
• Toilets patients as necessary.
• Maintains patient's mobility with range of motion exercises and ambulation.
• Grooms patient, including shaving, as needed.
• Participates with the RN in the development of a plan of care for assigned patient.
• Utilizes a plan of care in carrying out patient assignments.
• * Maintains patient care units in a neat and orderly condition:
• Changes and makes beds.
• Cleans and straightens bedside table and overbed tables, as needed.
• Strips patient units upon discharge of patient, in preparation for cleaning by Housekeeping Department.
• Removes equipment from room.Cleans and place it in appropriate are.
• Prepares room for new admissions, transfers and post-operative patients.
• * Assists Registered Nurse by performing selected procedures and simple treatments:
• Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration rate and B.P on admission and as assigned.
• Measures and records fluid intake and output; totals at shift end.
• Obtains specimens, such as urine, stool and sputum.
• Administers enemas, as directed.
• Weighs and records patient weight on admission and as indicated.
• Shave patients as instructed in preparation for procedures.
• Performs simple procedures utilizing aseptic technique (i.e – applying and changing simple dressings).Performs simple respiratory treatments, as required (i.e – suctioning).
• * Performs a variety of related duties:
• Assists patients in and out of bed, ambulates patients, lifts, turns and positions patients.
• Assists with serving of meals; positions patient, cleans overbed table, and helps distribute and collect trays.
• Transports and accompanies patients to various departments, as directed.
• Reports missing or damaged equipment to Unit Service Coordinator.
• Maintains non-patient rooms (i.e., utility rooms, linen rooms, kitchens, etc.) in a neat and orderly condition.
• Maintains cleanliness of patient care equipment.
• Performs constant observation on selected patients as assigned.
• Follows medical Center's policies and procedures to support QA/QI efforts in patient care and services.
• Performs post-mortem care and transports body to morgue.
• * Takes part in Nursing's continuing education policy by:
• Attending nursing attendant course during orientation program.
• Participating and completing annual mandatory educational requirements.
• Attending nursing attendant staff development programs offered throughout the year.
• Performs related duties, as required.
• ADA Essential Functions
  

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Completion of Nurse Assistant course or equivalent, required.ORPrior experience as a Nursing Attendant or equivalent, required.
• NYS Nurse Attendant certification, preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively, and follow written and/or oral instructions.
• Ability to work in diversified settings.Ability to lift, turn, position, etc. Patients, as required.

• Additional Salary Detail The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

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