Nursing Assistant I (Per Diem) - Medicine Progressive Care Unit (MPCU)

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, NC is seeking a Nursing Assistant I for the Medicine Progressive Care Unit. The role provides routine direct and indirect patient care under the supervision of a registered nurse or physician in a 24-bed unit recognized for Beacon Excellence.

Responsibilities include assisting with examinations, patient observation, basic care, vital signs, and patient education delivery. Per diem schedule and rotating shifts with on-site work, requiring English fluency and

Qualifications

• Nursing Assistant I certification required by NC DHHS.
• BLS certification required.
• Fluent in English (verbal and written).
• Basic computer skills expected for charting and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, and procure equipment during emergencies.
• In psychiatric settings, assist with reality orientation and behavior modification plans, de-escalation, and patient/family support.
• Observe and document patient information, reporting significant changes to RN/MD.
• Assist patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge processes.
• Provide care/treatments per plan of care, including vital signs, specimen collection, wound care, ROM, and postural drainage.
• Provide direct personal care for activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, feeding, ambulation).
• Support unit operations: cleaning, stocking, transporting, orienting new staff/students, and routine clerical tasks.
• Reinforce patient education and distribute educational materials as directed.

Skills

Fluent English

Basic computer skills

Education

Nursing Assistant I certification (NC)

BLS Certification

6 months nursing assistant experience

Job description

Description

The Medicine Progressive Care Unit (MPCU) is seeking aNursing Assistant I to join their team.The MPCU is a 24-bed intermediate care unit on the medicine service that has moved to a newly renovated location on 3 Bedtower. This unit receives a variety of medical patients who require intermediate level care. The MPCU has received the Gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence designated by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). The AACN created the Beacon designation to recognize individual units that have set a path to excellence in an effort to highlight critical care units that distinguish themselves in every facet of patient care. Recipients of a Gold Beacon designation demonstrate excellence in sustained unit performance and patient outcomes.

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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

• 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

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: Medicine 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.

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