Overview
Join our team as an evening-shift, full-time, Medical-Surgical 5E Nursing Assistant (NA) in Montclair, NJ.
Why Join Us?
Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better
- Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
- People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
- Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
- Learn more about the benefits offered for this job.
Get to Know Your Team:
- Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center is an 820,000-square-foot facility that offers the latest medical programs, cutting-edge technology, and patient-focused care that includes 365 beds, 1,200+ employees, and a 27-bed Emergency Room/Fast Track Unit.
Responsibilities
- TheNursing Assistantprovidesessential, hands-on daily care to patients, working under the supervision of RNs to ensure patient comfort, safety, and hygiene.
- Providesbasic nursing care to the patient.
- Assistsnursing personnel and physicians in emergency care.
- Acceptsresponsibility for providing safe, appropriate, quality patient care.
- Performsout of bed/back to bed as appropriate.
- Observespatient while performing delegated tasks and reports significant findings regarding patient safety, personal needs, and changes in the patient's condition to the licensed nurse.
- Respondsto call light promptly and courteously.
- Maintainsconfidentiality of patient record.
- Assistspatient in wheelchair, on stretcher, and ambulating.
- Monitorsvital signs, specimen collection, intake and output, meal consumption, height and weight, blood glucose testing/monitoring, and point of care testing.
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
Preferred Job Requirements:
- 1+ yearsof prior Nursing Assistant/Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)experience.
- CNA certification.
Rate of pay is determined based on experience and education, and may include other pay components such as differentials and call pay based on role.