Nurses Aide - Behavioral Health Services

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Health + Hospitals Bellevue is seeking a Nurse Aide to work under supervision as part of a clinical care team. The role involves direct patient interactions, basic nursing tasks, and support for interdisciplinary care teams in a busy hospital setting.

Minimum qualifications include elementary school graduation and completion of a nurse aide training program. The position emphasizes patient comfort, safety, and accurate documentation, with responsibilities spanning routine bedside care and

Qualifications

• Graduation from elementary school is required.
• Completion of a basic skills training program for Nurse Aides or equivalent is required.

Responsibilities

• Assists with physical care of selected patients under supervision.
• Performs routine patient care tasks such as taking vital signs and assisting with examinations.
• Records patient observations and care provided.
• Participates in nursing and interdisciplinary health team conferences to plan care.
• Assists in activities to support patient comfort and well-being.
• Prepares examination rooms and assists in patient admission procedures.
• Keeps patient areas clean and orderly and assists with linen changes.
• Provides post-care support and ensures proper documentation.

Education

Graduation from elementary school

Successful completion of a basic skills training program for Nurse Aides

Job description

Marketing Statement

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 700,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue’s clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children’s Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position

Under direct supervision of a Professional Nurse, Practical Nurse or other assigned professional staff member, performs activities and procedures of a non-professional nature involving direct relationships with patients, or participates as a member of a treatment, nursing, medical, health care team in implementing appropriate regimens.

Examples Of Typical Tasks

• Assists with physical care of selected patients. Performs assigned procedures such as changing of simple dressings, taking vital signs, giving enemas, etc. Records personal care given.
• Prepares patient for examination by performing assigned procedures such as temperature, pulse, respiration, height, weight and measurements, and assists in the examination process and records findings on patient chart.
• Observes patients' and/or families' condition, mental state and social behavior. Reports observations.
• Participates in nursing and interdisciplinary health team conferences to assess patients' and families' needs and to plan nursing care programs.
• Assists in recreational, remotivational and resocialization activities of nursing care programs.
• Sets up and arranges examining room.
• Assists clinic in admission procedures and in regulation of visitors. Cares for patients' clothing and property.
• Prepares patients for meals and helps feed them as necessary.
• Changes linen and makes beds. Keeps wards, utility and treatment rooms in a neat and orderly condition.
• Provides postmortem care.
• Maintains clinical competence by attending continuing education programs.
• Performs related duties.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from elementary school.
• Successful completion of a basic skills training program for Nurse Aides, or its equivalent.