Nursing Assistant I - (Per Diem) Medical / Surgical Unit

UNC Health; Clayton (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health is seeking a Nursing Assistant I for the 3rd Floor Medical/Surgical Unit at Johnston Health in Clayton, NC. This per diem, onsite position offers rotating shifts and exposure to a variety of med-surgical cases in a 24-bed unit.

You will provide routine direct and indirect patient care under supervision, assist with examinations and procedures, monitor vitals, help with daily living activities, and support the care team to ensure patient comfort and safety.

Qualifications

• Fluent in verbal and written English
• Basic computer skills to document patient information
• Experience as Nursing Assistant I preferred but not required

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and health care providers with routine examinations and procedures
• Provide direct and indirect patient care under supervision
• Monitor vital signs and document changes in patient condition
• Assist with admission, orientation, and discharge
• Provide personal care and assistance with activities of daily living
• Transport patients and supplies as needed
• Reinforce patient education and provide materials as requested

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.

3rd Floor Medical / Surgical Unit

On our 24-bed unit you see a wide variety of diagnoses. You may see patients with chest pain, CHF, syncope, strokes, Diabetes, COPD, and any number of other med-surgical type diagnoses. We also see some surgery patients. Excellent teamwork with a dedicated work family. Patient ratios: 1 RN: 5-6 Patients, on our day shift 3 Nursing Assistants and a Secretary and over nights we have 3 Nursing Assistants for support.

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: Johnston Health
• Organization Unit: 3rd Floor - CL
• Work Type: Per Diem
• Standard Hours Per Week: 1.00
• 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:Clayton
• 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.