Nursing Assistant I (Per Diem) - Heart and Vascular Progressive Care Unit

UNC Health; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC is seeking a Nursing Assistant I on a Per Diem basis to join the Heart and Vascular Progressive Care Unit. You will provide routine direct and indirect patient care under the supervision of a registered nurse or physician.

Responsibilities include assisting with examinations, observing patient conditions, documenting changes, and supporting patients and families through admission, care, and discharge while following the plan of care.

Qualifications

• NC Nursing Assistant I license and BLS certification are required.
• Minimum six months of nursing assistant experience preferred.
• Fluent in verbal and written English.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, and procure equipment and supplies during emergencies.
• In psychiatric care, aid patients in reality orientation and support therapy, de-escalate aggressive patients, and assist in patient safety and comfort.
• Observe, collect, and document patient information and report significant changes to the nurse or physician.
• Assist patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge, and provide continuity of care per plan.
• Provide care per plan including vital signs, specimen collection, wound care, glucose checks, ROM exercises, and activities of daily living.
• Provide direct personal care for bathing, dressing, feeding, and ambulation.
• Support area operations: cleaning, restocking, transporting, and assisting with new staff and students.
• Reinforce patient education and distribute materials as requested.

Skills

English fluency

Job description

Description

The Heart and Vascular Progressive Care Unit (HVPCU) is adding a Nursing Assistant I PD to join the team!

The Heart and Vascular Progressive Care Unit (HVPCU), an 18-bed unit that provides care for patients with intermediate level acuity needs. Common diagnoses include myocardial infarction, heart failure, and arrhythmias. The unit also provides care for patients before and after cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology procedures, including pacemaker placement, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement, and ablation.

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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: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Heart and Vascular Progressive Care Unit

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 6.00

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: Rotating

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This 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.