Per Diem Night Shift Mental Health Technician

UNC Health; Rocky Mount (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

UNC Health Nash is seeking a Nurse Assistant I to assist professional caregivers in delivering patient care, transport patients and equipment, and help maintain patient rooms and unit desk functions. This role supports clerical tasks and patient flow in a fast-paced hospital environment.

Responsibilities include assisting physicians and staff with exams, observing and reporting changes, aiding in admissions and discharges, performing routine care tasks, vital signs, specimen collection, wound

Qualifications

• Completion of an approved Nurse Assistant I course approved by the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
• Current listing with the NC Division of Health & Human Service Regulation Health Care Personnel.
• Current NC Driver's License and meets insurance requirements to drive hospital‑owned vehicles.
• Current BCLS certification.
• CPI certification required within 90‑days of starting to the unit.

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

Patient care

Vital signs

Documentation

Team support

Education

Nurse Assistant I certification

BCLS certification

CPI certification within 90 days

Job description

UNC Health Nash is seeking a Nurse Assistant I to assist professional caregivers in delivering patient care, transport patients and equipment, and help maintain patient rooms and unit desk functions. This role supports clerical tasks and patient flow in a fast-paced hospital environment.

Responsibilities include assisting physicians and staff with exams, observing and reporting changes, aiding in admissions and discharges, performing routine care tasks, vital signs, specimen collection, wound