Ortho Trauma Nurse Aide - Day Shift Patient Care

McLaren Health Care; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Lansing, MI, seeks a Nursing Assistant to support nursing staff under RN supervision and assist in delivering patient care per care plans and hospital policies. Responsibilities include responding to call lights, assisting with hygiene, transfers and ambulation, collecting data, and helping with basic bedside blood glucose checks.

Direct patient care experience is preferred; completion of an accredited nursing assistant program or EMT/medical assistant training is required

Qualifications

• Direct patient care experience preferred.
• Prior nursing assistant experience of at least six months is required when specialized education requirements have not been met.

Responsibilities

• Provides routine patient care services such as call light response; ambulating, transferring, and positioning; personal hygiene assistance, prescribed bowel and bladder program assistance, etc.
• Collects, records, and reports various patient data. Reports changes in patient condition.
• Performs surgical skin preps, basic skin care procedures, bedside finger stick blood sugars, and quality control checks of blood glucose instruments.

Skills

Patient care

Education

Nursing assistant course

EMT program

Medical assistant program

Clinical rotation

Job description

McLaren Health Care in Lansing, MI, seeks a Nursing Assistant to support nursing staff under RN supervision and assist in delivering patient care per care plans and hospital policies. Responsibilities include responding to call lights, assisting with hygiene, transfers and ambulation, collecting data, and helping with basic bedside blood glucose checks.

Direct patient care experience is preferred; completion of an accredited nursing assistant program or EMT/medical assistant training is required