Nurse Assistant I - 5 West Intensive Care Step Down

Department: Daily Work | Shift: Nights | Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: Varies

About the role

Under the supervision of a registered nurse, responsible for providing support to nursing staff and assisting in the delivery of patient care following patient care plan and hospital policies and procedures.

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.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent required.
• Specialized education requirements for those not meeting minimum six-month nursing assistance experience include:
  • Acute care nursing assistant course preferred for acute care positions, or
  • Long-term care nursing assistant course, or
  • Completion of an emergency medical technician program, or
  • Completion of a medical assistant program, or
  • Completion of a clinical rotation while participating in an accredited nursing program.
• Direct patient care experience preferred.
• Prior nursing assistant experience of at least six months is required when the specialized education requirements identified above have not been met.
• BLS certification as Healthcare Provider or equivalent through the Military Training Network (MTN).

Benefits

• 403(b)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule

• Part-time
• Daily work times: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
• Hours per pay period: 48
• On-call: No
• Weekends: Yes

Location: Michigan, Lansing