Nursing Assistant I:Rex 7 West/General Surg

UNC Health; North Carolina; Vor Ort; USD 24.000 - 33.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

UNC Health in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Nursing Assistant I to provide routine direct and indirect patient care in hospital, clinic, or home health settings. The role operates under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician and requires BLS certification and a Nursing Assistant I credential.

Typical responsibilities include assisting physicians, monitoring vital signs, supporting patients and families through admission and discharge, and maintaining patient safety in a fast-paced

Qualifikationen

• Fluent in English and able to communicate clearly with patients and team members.
• Basic computer skills and comfort with electronic health records.

Aufgaben

• Assist physicians and healthcare providers with examinations and procedures.
• Support in psychiatric settings with patient care and safety.
• Observe and document patient information and report changes to nurse/physician.
• Assist patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Provide routine personal care and basic treatments as outlined in the plan of care.
• Maintain clean work areas, restock supplies, and support routine clerical tasks.
• Reinforce patient education and distribute educational materials.

Kenntnisse

Fluent English

Basic computer skills

Ausbildung

Nursing Assistant I

BLS certification

Jobbeschreibung

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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: NCHEALTH
• Entity: UNC REX Healthcare
• Organization Unit: Rex 7 West/General Surg
• Work Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
• Salary Range: $17.60 - $24.29 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:Raleigh
• 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.

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