Nurse's Aide

University of Connecticut; Farmington (CT); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

UConn Health in Farmington, CT, seeks a Nurse’s Aide to provide bedside care in the Intermediate Step Down Unit at John Dempsey Hospital. The schedule is 72 hours every two weeks, 7:00 pm–7:30 am, with every third weekend and rotating holidays, plus a 30-minute unpaid meal break.

The role requires current Nurse Aide certification and BLS certification within six months. CPI and EKG experience are preferred.)

Qualifications

• Must have current Nurse Aide certification.
• Maintain American Heart Association BLS certification within six months of hire.
• CPI experience preferred.
• EKG experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist with bedside patient care including vital signs, baths, feeding, and turning.
• Support patients in mobility and transfers and maintain safe, clean environment.
• Follow infection control practices and proper PPE procedures.
• Observe for changes in patient condition and report to supervising nurse.

Job description

At UConn Health, this class is accountable for rendering bedside care to the physically or chronically ill in cases where the services of a registered or licensed practical nurses is not required. This position will work in the Intermediate Step Down Unit in the UConn Health John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington CT.

SCHEDULE: 72 hours every two weeks, 7:00 pm -7:30 a.m., every third weekend and rotating holidays as assigned, 30 minute unpaid meal break.

The University of Connecticut Health Center is an affirmative action employer, in addition to an EEO and M/F/V/PWD/PV employer.

All employees are subject to adherence to the State Code of Ethics which may be found at www.ethics.state.ct.us .

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY:

Considerable interpersonal skills; ability to work with basic principles of nursing including infection control practices; ability to deal with physically and chronically ill; ability to learn safety and fire procedures.

REQUIREMENTS:

Must have current certification as a Nurse's Aide.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers . This is the only accepted credential.

Other CPR/AED credentials may be accepted at hire but incumbents will be required to obtain American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within six (6) months of hire and maintain throughout employment.

PREFERRD QUALIFICATIONS:

• Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI)
• EKG experience

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the close supervision of a nurse of higher grade; works more independently with acquired experience.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Incumbents in this class may be required to lift patients and perform other physically tiring work, have some exposure to communicable and/or infectious diseases and strongly disagreeable conditions and to risk of injury from assaultive patients.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

Able to access electronic/hard copy Hospital Manuals; complete annual Educational Activity Record and core competencies. Follows proper call out procedures. Familiar with proper hospital and unit safety plans. Identifies Personal Protective Equipment and proper procedure for putting on and removing masks, gowns, gloves etc. and adheres to specific isolation procedures according to UConn Health. Understands universal precautions while obtaining and handling specimens and disposing needles, sharps and red bag waste. Understands HIPPA and the importance of maintaining patient privacy in all setting in person, via phone and electronically. Adheres to the highest UConn Health professional standards and values of customer care. Demonstrates effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills. Promptly relays information to the appropriate personnel re: patient information related to his/her condition/needs, malfunction of equipment, patient charges, ordering supplies etc. Maintains a neat and orderly environment. Preparing rooms for admission, transfer or patients with specific needs including the distribution and appropriate disposal of lines. Demonstrates proper hand washing and personal hygiene. Demonstrates proficiency in the following clinical skills; Vital Signs; routine, admission and post op; ambulation/transferring/transporting and positioning and turning patients, collection of specimens, identify risk factors, prevention strategies in the management of abnormal skin conditions, pressure ulcers and reports all abnormal patient conditions. Maintain intake and output, calorie counts and note in patient records. Performs bathing and assists with personal care, collection of specimens, applies proper procedures for making occupied and unoccupied beds; applies proper procedure for safe feeding of patients. Maintains calorie counts intake/output and notes in patient's records. Applies proper procedures for CPR/Compression's, weights/scales, EKG's/monitor lead placement, Glucose Meter, blood draws and Bladder Scanner. Other related duties as required.

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.