Nursing Assistant - Orthopedic Department

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

Job summary

UNC Health Johnston Fourth Floor Surgical unit is a 33-bed postoperative area supporting Joint Center care. This Full-Time Nursing Assistant I role works under RN/physician supervision to deliver direct and indirect patient care, including vitals, wound care, and daily living assistance, in a fast-paced orthopedic environment.

Requires NC Nursing Assistant I, BLS, and English fluency. 36 hours/week onsite; salary $18.00–$24.66 per hour with incentive opportunities.

Qualifications

• Fluent in verbal and written English language.
• Able to develop basic computer skills.
• Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience.
• Nursing Assistant I with NC Department of Health and Human Services.
• BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, and procure equipment and supplies during emergencies.
• Aids patients in reality orientation and participates in behavior modification plans/therapy in psychiatric settings.
• Observes, collects, and documents patient information and reports significant changes to RN/physician.
• Provides assistance to patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Provides care/treatments including vital signs, wound care, catheter care, glucose checks, ROM exercises, and patient/family interactions.
• Provides direct personal care for activities of daily living.
• Performs indirect care tasks such as cleaning, stocking, transporting, and orientation of new staff and students.
• Reinforces patient education and distributes materials.

Skills

Fluent in English

Basic computer skills

Nursing assistant experience

Job description

• This Full-Time position may qualify for $5,000.00 Commitment Incentive paid over three (3) years. Learn more about our UNC Health Johnston Incentive Program.

Description

• This Full-Time position may qualify for $5,000.00 Commitment Incentive paid over three (3) years. Learn more about our UNC Health Johnston Incentive Program.

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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.

4th Floor Surgical/Orthopedics/Joint Center Description

UNC Johnston Fourth floor Surgical unit is a 33 private bed postoperative unit. We have a Joint Center on one of our wings for our Total Joint Patients. Fourth floor is a fast past unit that provides care to postoperative patients that have had Total Joint and other Orthopedic, Urology, Gynecology, General and Vascular surgical surgeries. It is a great unit to gain experience in Chest tubes, Colostomies, NG Tubes, Wound Vacs, and post-surgical care and for new nurses to gain a foundation to grow in their career. The 4th floor Leadership team is focused on Teamwork and positive co-worker recognition for staff as well as recognition from patient and family feedback.

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: Johnston Health
• Organization Unit: 4th Floor
• 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: Day Job
• Location of Job: US:NC:Smithfield
• 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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