Nurse Assistant I - 7W Neuro

Department: Neuro | Full-time, 72 hours per bi-weekly pay period

Schedule

• Daily work times: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
• Shift: Days
• Weekends: Yes
• On call: No

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 the 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.
• BLS certification as Healthcare Provider or equivalent through the Military Training Network (MTN).
• Prior nursing assistant experience of at least six months is required when specialized education requirements (below) have not been met.

Qualifications

Specialized education requirements, for those not meeting the minimum six-month nursing assistance experience requirement, 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.

Benefits

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