Care Partner - Surgical ICU FT Night Shift 18:45 - 07:15

About the role

Assist with the delivery of patient care and maintenance of unit environmental standards under the supervision of a licensed nurse. We are seeking compassionate, patient-focused Care Partners (Nursing Assistants) to provide hands-on patient care and support clinical procedures, including blood draws, Foley catheter care, specimen collection, and other bedside responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the delivery of patient care and maintenance of unit environmental standards under the supervision of a licensed nurse.
• Assist with day-to-day delivery of patient care.
• Facilitate efficient and safe patient care and flow by following work area standards.
• Serve as a liaison for communication and education of patient and family needs.
• Support unit operations and patient flow by maintaining supplies, equipment, and unit environmental standards.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED (or equivalent experience) and one of the following:
  • Current enrollment in an RN program with successful completion of the first semester and nursing fundamentals clinical, or
  • Graduation from a Nursing Assistant/Aide Training Program within the past year (certificate required), or
  • At least 1 year of recent experience (within the last 2 years) as a Care Partner, Nursing Assistant, or Patient Care Technician.
• Previous hospital experience (preferred)
• Flexible availability (preferred)
• Strong communication and teamwork skills (preferred)
• Professional, reliable, and patient-centered approach (preferred)

Schedule

Night Shift: 6:45 PM – 7:15 AM, full-time, three 12-hour shifts per week. Rotating schedule based on unit staffing needs; set schedules are not available. All employees, including Night Shift and PRN staff, must attend daytime orientation during their first week.

Benefits

This role offers a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.

Skills

• Clinical Competencies (Novice): Demonstrates competence with interventions such as point-of-care testing, vital signs, etc., in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
• Care Partner Patient Documentation (Novice): Independently works with clinical applications for patient documentation.
• Environment of Care (Novice): Demonstrates ability to set up and maintain patient rooms, supplies, and equipment; possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to deliver environment-of-care services while requiring some support and instruction; able to train and educate peers by setting the example, giving technical support, providing leadership, and elevating performance of others; models CREDO behaviors.
• Planning & Organizing (Novice): Demonstrates ability to anticipate basic resource needs, identify discrete tasks, participate in goal setting, define dependencies, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work for own assignments; appropriately matches equipment and capital resources to task demands; prepares and presents clear, accurate status reports on patient care assignments; addresses problems and obstacles before they arise; adapts to changes in major assignments while maintaining expectations; understands and identifies with the basic goals and values of the organization.

Core accountabilities

• Organizational Impact: Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance.
• Problem Solving / Complexity of Work: Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedures that apply to your own job.
• Team Interaction: Provides guidance to entry-level co-workers.

Core capabilities

• Supporting Colleagues – Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
• Supporting Colleagues – Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
• Supporting Colleagues – Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
• Delivering Excellent Services – Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
• Delivering Excellent Services – Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
• Delivering Excellent Services – Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
• Ensuring High Quality – Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
• Ensuring High Quality – Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
• Managing Resources Effectively – Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
• Managing Resources Effectively – Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
• Managing Resources Effectively – Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
• Fostering Innovation – Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
• Fostering Innovation – Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
• Fostering Innovation – Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.