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

UNC Health; North Carolina; On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

UNC Health’s Medicine Progressive Care Unit is seeking a Nursing Assistant I to join a 24-bed intermediate care unit in Chapel Hill. The role provides routine patient care under RN/physician supervision, and supports admissions, procedures, and routine tasks in a fast-paced hospital setting.

Ideal candidates hold NC Nursing Assistant I certification, BLS, and English fluency. Per diem shifts with rotating schedules are available onsite, offering exposure to a variety of medical patients and

Qualifications

• Must be Certified Nursing Assistant I in NC.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Prefer six (6) months of Nursing Assistant experience.
• Fluent in English and able to develop basic computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and healthcare providers with routine examinations and procedures, and procure equipment during emergencies.
• Observe, collect, and document patient information; promptly report changes to a nurse or physician.
• Provide direct personal care including bathing, dressing, feeding and assistance with ambulation.
• Support patient and family during admission, orientation and discharge; reinforce teaching provided by nurses.

Skills

Fluent in English

Basic computer skills

Education

Nursing Assistant I certification

Job description

Description

The Medicine Progressive Care Unit (MPCU) is seeking a Nursing 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

• 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

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.
• UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.