Nursing Assistant Cert

Prisma Health; Easley (SC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Prisma Health’s Baptist Easley Med Campus is seeking a Nursing Assistant to support the Medical/Surgical Nursing team. Under supervision of a Registered Nurse, you will collect patient data, assist with activities of daily living, and help with basic nursing procedures to ensure comfort and safety.

You will document care in the EMR, manage supplies, aid with meals and mobility, and participate in patient flow to maintain a smooth unit operation. This is an on-site day shift opportunity.

Qualifications

• Education - Completion of a nursing assistant program preferred.
• Experience - No previous experience required.

Responsibilities

• Assists patients with activities of daily living and hygiene; turns and repositions patients; may transport patients and assist with walking.
• Assists with admission of patients to the unit by preparing room, greeting, and orienting patient and/or family to the unit.
• Takes and records vital signs and repeats questionable values.
• Prepares patients for meals and assists in feeding and providing snacks and supplements.
• Collects urine, stool, and sputum specimens; delivers specimens to appropriate department.
• Completes documentation in EMR accurately and timely.
• Maintains cleanliness and order of hospital room, utility room, diet kitchen, hallways, and alcoves.
• Performs point of care testing as trained and delegated by RN; reports lab values.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

Nursing assistant program

Job description

• Experience - No previous experience required.

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Under the direction of a Registered Nurse assumes responsibility for the collection of data related to patient status. Performance of basic nursing procedures. On-going collection and documentation of patient data. Assistance with treatments and procedures. Assistance with maintenance of patient care equipment.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living and hygiene. Turns and repositions patients alone or with assistance. May transport patients and assist with walking. Assisting adult/pediatric patients with toileting needs in relation to their age including emptying established colostomy bags and urinary catheter removal. Assists with fall prevention interventions and patient restraints as delegated. Removing and reapplying anti-emboli hose or compression devices.
• Assists with admission of patients to the unit by preparing room, greeting, and orienting patient and/or family to the unit (bed, call light, phone, TV).
• Takes and records vital signs and with repeating questionable values.
• Prepares patients for meals and assisting in feeding and providing snacks and supplements.
• Collects urine, stool, and sputum specimens. Delivers specimens to appropriate department as requested.
• Completes documentation in EMR in accurate and timely manner.
• Maintains cleanliness and order of hospital room, utility room, diet kitchen, hallways, and alcoves. Disposes of excess linen and keeps linen emptied.
• Performs point of care testing as trained and delegated by RN. Reports lab values to RN.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - Completion of a nursing assistant program preferred.
• Experience - No previous experience required.

In Lieu Of

• NA

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• NA

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• NA

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Baptist Easley Med Campus

Facility

Baptist Easley Hospital

Department

Medical/Surgical Nursing

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