SICU Nursing Assistant I/II – Part-Time Day Shift

SBHU; Stony Brook (NY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

Stony Brook Medicine is seeking a Nursing Assistant I/II for SICU on the Day Shift. This part-time role reports to a RN and supports patient care, families and visitors with empathy and integrity in a busy hospital environment.

Duties include wound care, vital signs, daily living activities, feeding, hygiene, and documentation. Applicants should meet NYS CNA preferences; HS diploma or GED preferred. Pre-employment steps and posting details apply.

Qualifications

• Possession of or ability to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities during the probationary period.
• One year of satisfactory full-time experience in the provision of simple treatment and other patient care services under professional supervision.
• Preferred: NYS Certified Nursing Assistant license or certification from an approved certified nursing aide training program, one year of patient care experience and a High School Diploma or GED.
• Special Notes: Resume/CV should be included with the online application.

Responsibilities

• Change simple dressings as directed, give enemas, douches, and irrigations as directed.
• Apply hot water bottles, aqua K pads, ice bags, and coolers, and hot and cold compresses as directed.
• Chart and document care and/or behaviors as required.
• Take temperatures, pulse rates, blood pressure and respiration rate.
• Attend to daily living activities, personal, hygienic, and simple human needs in order to maintain in the clinical facility an atmosphere conducive to treatment and comfortable for persons in care.
• Feed persons requiring assistance in order to assure that such individuals receive appropriate nourishment.
• Bathe and dress, brush teeth and trim fingernails and toenails of persons in care.
• Maintain persons in care rights, dignity, and confidentiality.
• On occasion and in conjunction with providing care, may perform a variety of housekeeping and cleaning duties as related to direct care in order to assure that the clinical facility is clean, sanitary, orderly, and properly supplied.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Knowledge of patient care

Education

NYS Certified Nursing Assistant license

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Stony Brook Medicine is seeking a Nursing Assistant I/II for SICU on the Day Shift. This part-time role reports to a RN and supports patient care, families and visitors with empathy and integrity in a busy hospital environment.

Duties include wound care, vital signs, daily living activities, feeding, hygiene, and documentation. Applicants should meet NYS CNA preferences; HS diploma or GED preferred. Pre-employment steps and posting details apply.