Nursing Assistant I (8HV Cardiac Procedural Medicine )

UNC Health Care; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Nursing Assistant I to provide routine direct and indirect patient care in the Rex Heart and Vascular Hospital unit, under the supervision of a registered nurse or physician.

This full-time, night-shift role offers 36 hours per week onsite, with a salary range of $18.00–$24.66 per hour. Licensure as Nursing Assistant I (NC DHHS) and BLS are required; six months of CNA experience is preferred, with basic English and computer skills.

Qualifications

• Nursing Assistant I license (NC DHHS).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Prefer six months of nursing assistant experience.
• Fluent in English and basic computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians with routine exams and procedures and gather equipment during emergencies.
• Support patients in psychiatric settings with orientation, therapy and safety needs.
• Observe, document patient information and report changes to the nurse or physician.
• Assist patients and families during admission, orientation and discharge.
• Provide care per plan of care: vital signs, measurements, specimens, wound care, catheter care, glucose checks, ROM.
• Assist with activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, feeding, mobility).
• Indirect care: clean the work area, restock supplies, transport, orient new staff, and perform light clerical tasks.
• Reinforce patient teaching and distribute educational materials.

Skills

Fluent English

Basic computer skills

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.

The UNC Health REX Cardiac Procedural/ Cardiac Medicine Intermediate Care Unit is located on the 8th floor of the Heart and Vascular Hospital. This 24-bed unit provides intermediate level care to patients with cardiac conditions and multiple complex co-morbidities. This includes patients that have undergone pre-post cardiac and vascular interventions, heart attacks, r/o heart attacks, heart failure, and dysrhythmias needing treatment or monitoring, and medical patients with a strong cardiac history. The staff on this unit serve adult and geriatric patients. Specialized technicians observe patient rhythms in the Telemetry Command Center providing support to the team and continual surveillance for rhythm changes.

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

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 8 HV/Med Cardiology

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.

Equal Opportunity

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.