Nursing Assistant I - 6 WEST ORTHO

UNC Health; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nursing Support Incentive Program: $5,

Job summary

UNC Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Nursing Assistant I to join the 6 West Orthopaedics unit for full-time night shifts (36 hours/week). The role involves direct and indirect patient care under supervision of an RN or physician, with duties ranging from vital signs to basic wound care and patient education.

Qualified applicants should have NC Nursing Assistant I certification and BLS, with a preference for at least six months of experience in a clinical setting.

Qualifications

• Nursing assistant certification and BLS certification required.
• Prefer six months of nursing assistant experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and health care providers with routine examinations and procedures and procure equipment during emergencies.
• Aide patients in psychiatry with orientation, therapy support, verbal de-escalation, and milieu monitoring.
• Observe and document patient information and report changes to RN/physician.
• Assist patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Provide care including vital signs, specimen collection, wound care, ROM exercises, and postural drainage.
• Provide direct personal care for activities of daily living.
• Perform indirect care including cleaning, restocking, transporting, and orientation of staff.
• Reinforce and document patient education and distribute educational materials.

Skills

Fluent in English

Basic computer skills

Education

Nursing Assistant I certification

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

This position qualifies for our Nursing Support Incentive Program which includes a $5,000 Commitment Incentive paid over a two (2) year commitment.

Summary:
Provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic or home health care setting. All work performed is under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician.

6 West is a 30-bed medical-surgical unit that specializes in the care of orthopedic patients. Common surgical procedures include joint replacement, total joint revision, various fracture repair procedures, and wound management. The UNC Rex healthcare orthopedic program has been nationally recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review and U.S. News & World Report Hospitals Ranking. Our Hip and Knee Replacement Program is officially certified by the Joint Commission.

Responsibilities

1. Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations.
2. In the psychiatric setting, aids patients in reality orientation, participates in behavior modification plans/therapy, provides informal support therapy to patients/families, provides verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aids in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients, facilitates age appropriate play for children, and monitors the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met.
3. Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or physician.
4. Provides assistance to patients and their families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, and discharge.
5. Provides care/ treatments to patients as outlined in plan of care including, but not limited to, the measurement of vital signs, height and weight, specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, postural drainage, and supportive 11 patient and family interactions.
6. Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and assisting with ambulation.
7. Provides indirect care to patients and assigned area to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, changing linens, re-stocking supplies, cleaning/sterilizing instruments, transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens, assisting in the orientation of new employees and students, and some routine clerical functions.
8. Reinforces routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions. Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers.

Other Information

Education Requirements

• None required as long as all other position requirements are met.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Professional Experience Requirements

• Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

• Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex 6 West/Orthopaedics

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00

Salary Range:$18.00 - $24.66 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Night Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.