Nursing Assistant - Transplant & Intermediate Care FT, Nights

Prisma; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Prisma Health in Greenville, SC seeks a Nursing Assistant to support patient care under the supervision of a registered nurse. The role involves data collection, basic nursing tasks, and ensuring patient safety and a clean environment in the transplant and intermediate care unit.

Responsibilities include assisting with daily living activities, vital signs, feeding, specimen collection, and timely EMR documentation. No prior experience required; nursing assistant program preferred.

Qualifications

• Education - Completion of a nursing assistant program preferred.
• Experience - No previous experience required.

Responsibilities

• Assists the Registered Nurse in providing patient care according to the individualized plan of care.
• Performs basic nursing activities as delegated and collects data on patient status.
• Takes vital signs and documents observations in the EMR.
• Assists with activities of daily living and hygiene, meals, and mobility.
• Maintains a clean patient environment and safe handling practices.
• Performs point-of-care testing as trained and reports lab values to RN.

Education

Nursing assistant program

Job description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Assists the Registered Nurse 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 and hygiene. Turns and repositions patients alone or with assistance. May transport patients and assist with walking. Assisting adult/pediatric patients with toileting needs in relation to their age including emptying established colostomy bags and urinary catheter removal. Assists with fall prevention interventions and patient restraints as delegated. Removing and reapplying anti-emboli hose or compression devices.
• Assists with admission of patients to the unit by preparing room, greeting, and orienting patient and/or family to the unit (bed, call light, phone, TV).
• Takes and records vital signs and with repeating questionable values.
• Prepares patients for meals and assisting in feeding and providing snacks and supplements.
• Collects urine, stool, and sputum specimens. Delivers specimens to appropriate department as requested.
• Completes documentation in EMR in accurate and timely manner.
• Maintains cleanliness and order of hospital room, utility room, diet kitchen, hallways, and alcoves. Disposes of excess linen and keeps linen emptied.
• Performs point of care testing as trained and delegated by RN. Reports lab values to RN.
• 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 program preferred.
• Experience - No previous experience required.

In Lieu Of

• NA

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• NA

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• NA

Work Shift

Night (United States of America)

Location

Greenville Memorial Hospital

Facility

Greenville Memorial Hospital

Department

Transplant and Intermediate Care (TIMC)

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