Nursing Assistant I - Rex Patient Monitoring

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

Job summary

UNC Health is seeking a dedicated Certified Nursing Assistant I to join the Float Pool on a per diem, day-shift schedule in Raleigh, NC. The role involves working across multiple hospital units, including medical-surgical, ICU, ED, and behavioral health, with 12-hour shifts and a minimum of three shifts every six weeks.

Hospital experience is preferred. You will collaborate with nurses and other teammates to provide high-quality patient care and support during admissions, care, and discharge,

Qualifications

• Fluent in verbal and written English language.
• Minimum six (6) months of nursing assistant experience.
• Licensed as Nursing Assistant I (NC DHHS) and BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures.
• Provide direct personal care to patients, including ADLs such as bathing, dressing and feeding.
• Observe, document, and report patient information and changes in condition to a nurse or physician.
• Support patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge from the clinical area.
• Maintain cleanliness and restock supplies; transport patients and specimens as needed.
• Reinforce teaching provided by nurses or physicians and distribute patient education materials.

Skills

Fluent English

Nursing assistant experience

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.

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.
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) – Float Pool | Per Diem Days
Are you a dedicated CNA who enjoys variety, flexibility, and making a difference in patients’ lives? Join our Float Pool Team and gain experience across multiple hospital units while supporting patients and healthcare teammates.

The Role

Float Pool CNAs work alongside nurses, CNAs, patient sitters, and other healthcare teammates across a variety of settings, including:

• Medical-surgical units
• Intensive care
• Emergency departments
• One-to-one patient care, including behavioral health, as needed

Hospital Experience Is Preferred.

Locations

Teammates must be willing to float between UNC Rex Raleigh and UNC Rex Holly Springs Campus. Daily assignments are based on the needs of both hospitals.

Schedule

• Per diem, day shift
• 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
• Minimum of three 12-hour shifts per six-week scheduling period

We’re looking for a flexible, dependable team player who can work independently, adapt to changing needs, and is committed to providing excellent patient care.

If you’re ready for a role where you can grow your skills, experience variety, and make a meaningful impact, we’d love to have you on our team!

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 Patient Monitoring

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00

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: Day 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.

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