Nursing Assistant, Nursing Services, FT, Nights

Prisma Health; Simpsonville (SC); On-site; USD 19,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Prisma Health in Simpsonville, SC is seeking a Nursing Assistant/Patient Care Tech to support patient care per individualized plan. You will assist with daily living activities, monitor patients, and document observations.

This role emphasizes teamwork, confidentiality, safe patient handling, and communication with RNs. Night shift at Hillcrest Hospital offers opportunities to contribute to compassionate care.

Qualifications

• Education - Completion of a nursing assistant or patient care tech program.
• Experience - No experience required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with activities of daily living; turns/repositions patients; may transport and assist with walking; fall prevention.
• Provide non-sterile dressings and perineal care as delegated.
• Collect vital signs, intake/output, and basic/sterile specimens; document changes and inform RN.
• Run errands, answer phones, and respond to call lights.
• Perform point-of-care testing as trained and report lab values to RN.
• Provide comfort and non-pharmacological pain management; perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data entry

Basic computer skills

Mathematical skills

Patient equipment knowledge

Education

Nursing assistant or patient care tech program

Job description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Job Profile Summary
Assists in providing patient care based on the individualized plan of care for a patient. As delegated, performs basic nursing activities. Conducts data collection, monitors and documents patient status. Ensures confidentiality of all patient information. Utilizes safe patient handling at all times. Informs RN of activities performed observations of patients and changes in patient status. Provides a neat and clean patient environment.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health’s purpose:Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

• Assists patients with activities of daily living. Turns and repositions patients alone or with assistance. May transport patients and assist with walking. Assists with fall prevention interventions and patient restraints as delegated.

• Provides patient care as delegated by the RN including, but not limited to, non-sterile soaks, application of non-sterile simple dressings, perineal care.

• Performs data collection including vital signs, fluid intake and outtake and basic and sterile specimen collection. Properly documents and maintains data on medical record and informs RN of activities performed, observations of patients and changes in patient status.

• Runs errands, answers telephone, answers and responds to call lights.

• Performs point of care testing as trained and delegated by RN. Reports lab values to RN.

• Provides and documents comfort and non-pharmacological pain management measures.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - Completion of a nursing assistant or patient care tech program.

• Experience - No experience required.

In Lieu Of

In lieu of school verification of a nursing assistant training course, will accept current or former state CN A certification as proof of completed state required training at time of hire.

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Basic computer skills / Data entry skills

• Mathematical skills

• Working knowledge of patient equip (suction, vitals, defib)

Work Shift

Night (United States of America)

Location

Hillcrest/Simpsonville Medical Campus

Facility

Hillcrest Hospital

Department

Nursing Service

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