Nursing Assistant

HOODRIVER in; Hood River (OR); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

HOODRIVER in is seeking a Nursing Assistant (Healthcare) to provide direct resident care within a hospital or care facility setting in Hood River, OR. You will help residents with daily functions, monitor conditions, and document observations as part of a care team.

The role requires careful attention to resident needs, adherence to policies on privacy and safety, and the ability to communicate effectively with nurses and staff.

Responsibilities

• Report changes in residents' condition to Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as practical
• Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts in an informative, descriptive manner
• Report accidents and incidents observed on shift
• Protect resident health information and report disclosures to Administrator
• Observe unauthorized access attempts to facility information system
• Perform nursing tasks you have been trained to do
• Ensure resident rooms are ready for arrival and comfortable
• Greet residents and escort to their rooms
• Introduce residents to roommates and staff as appropriate
• Maintain warmth and calm in the unit and shift
• Participate in nursing reports and quality improvement discussions
• Follow policies on exposure to blood/body fluids
• Make beds and provide extra covers as requested
• Measure and record vital signs (TPR) and weights as instructed
• Check residents regularly to meet personal care needs
• Assist with daily activities and meals, and document intake
• Keep water pitchers clean and accessible, restock as needed
• Assist with transfers, transfers to vehicles, and positioning in beds/chairs
• Assist with pre-exam preparation and post-meal care
• Report any resident missing or leaving the facility immediately
• Use only trained equipment and report defective equipment
• Maintain confidentiality of resident information and report privacy incidents

Job description

Nursing Assistant (Healthcare)

• Report all changes in the resident's condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as practical.


• Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc., in an informative, descriptive manner.


• Report all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur.


• Agree not to disclose resident's protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator.


• Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access facility's information system.


• Perform only those nursing care procedures that you have been trained to do.


• Ensure that the resident's room is ready for receiving the resident (i.e., bed made, name tags up, admission kit available, etc.).


• Greet residents and escort them to their room.


• Introduce residents to his/her roommate, if any, and other residents and personnel as appropriate.


• Make residents comfortable.


• Inventory and mark the resident's personal possessions as instructed.


• Store resident's clothing.


• Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when being discharged.


• Transport residents to new rooms or to the receiving area.


• Assist with loading/unloading residents' to/from vehicles as necessary.


• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.


• Meet with your shift's nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the improvement of services.


• Report all complaints and grievances made by the resident.


• Participate in and receive the nursing report as instructed.


• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.


• Make beds as instructed.


• Put extra covers on beds as requested.


• Measure and record temperatures, pulses, and respirations (TPRs) of residents, as instructed.


• Weigh and measure residents as instructed.


• Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.


• Answer resident calls promptly.


• Check residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met.


• Assist residents with identifying food arrangements (i.e., informing resident with sight problem of foods that are on his/her tray, where it is located, if it is hot/cold, etc.).


• Record the resident's food/fluid intake.


• Report changes in the resident's eating habits to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse.


• Keep residents' water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water (on each shift), and within easy reach of the resident.


• Perform after meal care (i.e., remove trays, clean resident's hands, face, clothing, etc.).


• Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty.


• Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors.


• Follow work assignments, and/or work schedules in completing and performing your assigned tasks.


• Cooperate with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other facility personnel to ensure that nursing services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents.


• Notify the facility when you will be late or absent from work.


• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility's policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents.


• Assist residents with daily functions (dental and mouth care, bath functions, combing of hair, dressing and undressing as necessary).


• Keep residents dry (change gown, clothing and linens, when it becomes wet or soiled).


• Assist residents in preparing for medical tests (i.e., lab work, x-ray, therapy, dental, etc.).


• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.


• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.


• Assist in preparing the resident for a physical examination.


• Check each resident routinely to ensure that his/her personal care needs are being met in accordance with his/her wishes.


• Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdowns to prevent decubitus ulcers (bedsores).


• Report injuries of an unknown source, including skin tears.


• Observe disoriented and comatose residents. Record and report data as instructed


• Perform special treatments as instructed.


• Immediately notify the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse of any resident leaving/missing from the facility.


• Use only the equipment you have been trained to use.


• Report defective equipment to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse


• Maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information. Report known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure of such information.


• Report all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property.


• Honor the resident's refusal of treatment request. Report such requests to your supervisor.