Nursing Assistant I (Rotating)- Surgical Acute Care Unit - Hillsborough Campus

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

Job summary

UNC Health Care Hillsborough Campus is seeking a Nursing Assistant I to join the 36-hour-per-week surgical unit. The unit provides acute inpatient services for Joint, Spine, Urology, and General Surgery with medical overflow, on rotating 12-hour shifts on site.

Under direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician, you will assist with routine patient care, monitor vital signs, support patients and families, and help maintain a safe, compassionate environment.

Qualifications

• NC Nursing Assistant I certification (or eligible) and BLS certification.
• Six months nursing assistant experience preferred.
• Fluent English, both spoken and written, with basic computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, and procurement of equipment and supplies.
• Aid patients in reality orientation, participate in behavior modification plans, provide support therapy, and de-escalate potentially aggressive patients.
• Observe, collect, and document patient information; report significant changes to RN/physician.
• Assist patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Provide care per plan of care: vital signs, specimen collection, wound care, ROM, and daily activities.
• Provide direct personal care for activities of daily living.
• Support in cleaning, stocking, transporting, and routine clerical tasks.
• Reinforce patient teaching and distribute education materials.

Skills

English fluency

Teamwork

Education

Nursing Assistant I certification (NC)

Tools

Basic computer skills

Job description

Description

The Nursing Assistant I, position is for the 25-bed surgical unit. This unit provides acute inpatient services for the surgical patient population which includes Joint, Spine, Urology, and General Surgery admissions as well as medical overflow patients. We are looking for an experienced, energetic, patient-centered team member with a positive attitude. This unit fosters an environment that values diversity, teamwork, open communication, while proving exceptional service.

UNC Health Care Hillsborough Campus is a community hospital which is an extension of UNC Medical Center focusing on many of our elective surgical programs. The 163-bed facility combines a community hospital culture with the innovative procedures and care for which the UNC Medical Center is known. The Hillsborough Hospital has achieved accreditation by The Joint Commission's disease specific program for their Total Hip and Knee Replacement service. This accreditation is the result of many years of work by the inter-professional team caring for these patients.The Hillsborough Campus has also received the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for Patient Experience and ranks in the top five percent in the nation for patient experience. The Hillsborough Hospital is located at 430 Waterstone Drive, Hillsborough, NC and offers free parking for employees.

This is a 36 hours per week position; working 12 hour rotating shifts (7:00am - 7:30pm & 7:00pm-7:30am) with weekend and holiday rotation.

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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

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 Hillsborough

Organization Unit: Med/Surg Inpatient 3 HBO H

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00

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:Hillsborough

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.

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