Nursing Assistant - Emergency - Full - Time- Days 7am -7:30pm Monday thru Friday & every other weekend; 72 hours per pay

Department: Emergency
Location: Grand Blanc, Michigan

About the role

Facilitate the provision of patient care by performing basic, age-appropriate nursing care to patients under the direct supervision of a registered nurse. Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide care for the age group(s) served.

Responsibilities

• Interpersonal skills/teamwork: Demonstrate a positive attitude and willingness to facilitate unit functioning.
• Standards of Performance:
  • Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrate willingness to assist when asked.
  • Demonstrate flexibility in responding to patient/unit needs.
  • Knowledge of and adherence to patient rights.
  • Demonstrate compassion, concern, and respect for patients.
  • Respect and maintain patient confidentiality.
• Productivity/Professional Behavior:
  • Show independence by completing duties with appropriate supervision.
  • Utilize time efficiently, completing daily activities in a timely and organized fashion.
  • Show initiative in seeking out appropriate additional duties.
  • Present self in a manner that promotes a positive image.
  • Communicate and identify unit problems following the appropriate chain of command and actively participate in problem-solving.
  • Work effectively with others.
  • Attend 75% of department meetings and in-services regularly.
• Patient Care Skills:
  • Assist the RN/LPN with functions to promote, restore, and maintain optimum patient health.
  • Participate in creating and maintaining a healthy work environment by accepting professional direction and leadership of the RN and communicating progress, problems, or completed work.
  • Perform patient hygiene activities (e.g., bathing, foot care, shaving, hair care).
  • Assist with patient mobility activities (e.g., ambulation, transfers to chair).
  • Assist with transfer of patients from bed to stretcher/stretcher to bed.
  • Assist in keeping patients clean, dry, and regularly turned to prevent skin breakdown.
  • Perform non-sterile treatments.
  • Assist in monitoring and reporting patient pain levels.
  • Assist patients to achieve optimum comfort levels (e.g., repositioning).
  • Ensure supplies are immediately available by retrieving and returning equipment per procedure.
• Assist RN/LPN with inpatient and outpatient monitoring activities:
  • Obtain patient-related information and document per policy and procedure (e.g., vital signs, basic patient care, valuables).
  • Observe and report patient elimination patterns; empty foley bags and record output.
  • Complete intake and output (I&O) records.
  • Obtain and record patient weights.
  • Assist with preparation of patients for surgery and special procedures.
  • Collect non-sterile specimens.
  • Recognize and report abnormal or unusual situations on a timely basis (e.g., pain, respiratory distress, skin changes, pressure areas).
  • Utilize computer entry as directed.
  • Observe patients in restraints for comfort and safety per policy; ensure restraints are not restrictive to extremities and offer food, fluid, and toileting opportunities.
• Dietary:
  • Assist patients with meals and snacks.
  • Prepare patients for meal service.
  • Assist with menu selection and meal service as needed.
  • Collect soiled trays from patients in a timely manner and take trays to the soiled utility room.
  • Deliver snacks to patients as requested.
  • Record patient food intake.
  • Communicate patient eating problems to appropriate personnel.
  • Order non-food and food items.
• Transport patients safely, efficiently, and in a timely manner:
  • Use proper transfer techniques when moving patients.
  • Observe patient condition and notify appropriate personnel of changes in status.
• Safety:
  • Maintain a safe environment for patients and co-workers.
  • Recognize unsafe conditions, take action, or report conditions to supervisor immediately.
  • Use Universal Precautions to protect patients and self from infection.
  • Demonstrate awareness of and concern for patient safety.
  • Closely observe patients at risk for fall or injury and follow all related practice guidelines.
  • Report and turn in broken or damaged equipment immediately.
  • Operate all mechanical and electrical equipment safely and conscientiously at all times.
  • Use correct techniques to dispose of biomedical waste materials.
  • Practice proper body mechanics in daily work activities.
• Quality Improvement:
  • Participate in quality assessment/quality improvement (QI) activities, including safety and universal precautions.
  • Complete QI data collection activities as requested.
  • Participate in implementing corrective action plans for improvement.
  • Utilize cost containment measures in daily practice.
• Environmental Services: Perform limited housekeeping activities in select areas as needed.
• Compliance: Comply with department, Medical Center policies and procedures, standards, and rules of conduct; adhere to absenteeism and tardiness policies.

Requirements

• Essential Functions:
  • Mobility to move between rooms, departments, and to rapidly initiate and complete patient care evacuation procedures.
  • Ability to move standard patient care equipment and supplies.
  • Ability to lift, move, support, transfer, and assist patients using techniques such as standing pivot, sliding board, 2- and 3-person lifts, and sheet assists.
  • Manual dexterity to perform patient treatments and manipulate tools, instruments, and commonly used equipment.
  • Organizational skills, observation, problem-solving, and ability to collect patient data and respond to unusual or abnormal situations.
  • Interpersonal and written communication skills to effectively communicate with patients, families, staff, and physicians.
  • Ability to walk, stoop, reach, and carry out routine cleaning functions.
  • Ability to push and pull carts weighing several hundred pounds.
  • Ability to climb and work from ladders.
• Working Conditions:
  • Clinical nursing unit setting.
  • Prolonged standing, walking, and lifting.
  • Exposure to patient illness, communicable diseases, blood hazards, and hazardous chemicals.
  • Duties must be completed despite frequent interruptions.
• Orientation Requirements: Must attend new employee and department orientations.

Qualifications

• Certified BLS Provider specializing in Basic Life Support credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 3 months (90 days) of hire date or job transfer date.
• Current Michigan certification as a Nurse Aide is required at hire or must be obtained prior to hire, or at least 6 months of acute care Nurse Aide or Patient Care Technician experience, or completion of the first year of clinical rotation in a school of nursing.
• Nursing Assistants are not required to maintain certification after hire while actively working in the role.
• Certification is not required for internal transferees; renewal is not required.
• High school diploma or equivalent from an accredited program.

Schedule

Full-time days: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM, Monday through Friday and every other weekend.