Nursing Assistant I - 8 Acute Neuroscience

UNC Health; North Carolina; On-site; USD 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC seeks a Nursing Assistant I for the Acute Neuroscience unit (26 beds + 9-bed Epilepsy Monitoring). You will provide routine patient care under RN/physician supervision on a 36-hour weekly schedule with 12-hour day or night shifts and weekend/holiday rotation.

The role includes assisting with exams, monitoring patients, documenting changes, and supporting patients and families throughout admission, orientation, and discharge, with a strong emphasis on safety and

Qualifications

• Fluent in English language and able to develop basic computer skills.
• Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and health care providers with routine examinations and procedures.
• Observe and document patient information and report significant changes to RN/physician.
• Provide direct personal care for activities of daily living and assist with ambulation.

Skills

Fluent English

Basic computer skills

Education

Nursing Assistant I (NC)

Job description

DescriptionNursing Assistant needed for 8 Acute Neuroscience. This unit is a 26-bed unit that serves Neurosurgery and Neurology patients which includes a 9 bed Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. We are a true medical-surgical unit treating patients who have spinal and brain surgeries, brain tumors, stroke, seizures, and neuromuscular diagnoses such as Myasthenia Gravis, Guillian Barre Syndrome, and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy.

DescriptionNursing Assistant needed for 8 Acute Neuroscience. This unit is a 26-bed unit that serves Neurosurgery and Neurology patients which includes a 9 bed Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. We are a true medical-surgical unit treating patients who have spinal and brain surgeries, brain tumors, stroke, seizures, and neuromuscular diagnoses such as Myasthenia Gravis, Guillian Barre Syndrome, and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy. This is a 36 hours per week position; working 12-hour day shifts (7:00am - 7:30pm or 7:30pm - 7:00am ) with weekend and holiday rotation. This position qualifies for an extensive benefit package including PTO hours, which are accrued based on the number of worked hours. 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.SummaryProvides 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.Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations.
• 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.
• 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.
• Provides assistance to patients and their families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, and discharge
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 InformationOther 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 DetailsLegal Employer: STATEEntity: UNC Medical CenterOrganization Unit: Acute NeuroscienceWork Type: Full TimeStandard Hours Per Week: 36.00Salary Range: $18.00 - $24.66 per hour (Hiring Range)Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equityWork Assignment Type: OnsiteWork Schedule: VariableLocation of Job: US:NC:Chapel HillExempt From Overtime: Exempt: NoThis is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.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. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.