Nursing Assistant I Med/Surg

UNC Health; Eden (NC); Presencial; USD 18.000 - 30.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

UNC Health is seeking a Nursing Assistant I to join the Rockingham Health Care team in Eden, NC. The role involves direct and indirect patient care under RN/MD supervision, night shifts, and about 36 hours per week. Must hold a Nursing Assistant I license and BLS certification, with preference for six months of experience.

Fluency in English and basic computer skills are required. The position offers competitive hourly pay and opportunities to support patients and families through admissions,

Formación

• Fluent in verbal and written English.
• Basic computer skills required.

Responsabilidades

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures.
• Observe, collect, and document patient information and report changes to a nurse or physician.
• Provide direct personal care during activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, feeding, ambulation).
• Assist in admission, orientation, and discharge processes for patients.
• Support in monitoring vital signs, specimen collection, wound care and other routine treatments.
• Support cleaning, stocking, transportation, and clerical tasks in the unit.
• Reinforce patient education and ensure patient understanding of instructions.

Conocimientos

Fluent English

Basic computer skills

Educación

Licensed Nursing Assistant I (NC DHHS)

Descripción del empleo

Description

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Description

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

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.

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 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 Rockingham Health Care
Organization Unit: RHC 2nd Floor Nurse
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
Salary Range: $15.40 - $21.95 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:Eden
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 their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.