Patient Care Technician II — Hands-On Patient Support

UNC Health; Rocky Mount (NC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Nash UNC Health Care in North Carolina is seeking a Nurse Assistant II to provide routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic, or home health care setting under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician.

You will assist physicians and care teams, observe and document patient information, support patients and families during admission and discharge, and provide care including vital signs, specimen collection, wound care, and activities of daily living.

Qualifications

• Completion of an approved Nurse Assistant II course approved by the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
• Current Nurse Aide II Listing Card with the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
• Current Nurse Aide I Registry listing with the NC Division of Facility Services Registry as a Nursing Assistant I.
• Current BCLS certification.
• Proficient in keyboard operations, application of word processing software, and basic computer applications.
• Ability to operate standard office machines.
• Incumbent will be required to take and pass a Medical Terminology and basic arrhythmia course if applicable during their first year of employment.

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.

Skills

Nurse Aide II

Patient care

Documentation

Education

North Carolina Nurse Aide II Certification

Job description

Nash UNC Health Care in North Carolina is seeking a Nurse Assistant II to provide routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic, or home health care setting under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician.

You will assist physicians and care teams, observe and document patient information, support patients and families during admission and discharge, and provide care including vital signs, specimen collection, wound care, and activities of daily living.