Nursing Assistant I- Patient Monitoring

About the Role

UNC Health is seeking a compassionate and adaptable Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to join our Patient Monitoring Unit (Float Pool) on the night shift. This role involves delivering top-quality patient care across multiple hospital units, offering a range of clinical experiences and the opportunity to grow your skills while providing essential care to patients overnight.

Where You'll Work

The ideal candidate must be willing to float between UNC Rex Raleigh and UNC Rex Holly Springs campuses. Your nightly assignments will be based on the operational needs of both hospitals, ensuring no two days are the same.

Your Role

As a CNA in the Patient Monitoring Unit, you'll collaborate closely with nurses, fellow CNAs, patient sitters, and other healthcare professionals to deliver comprehensive care across various units. You'll have the opportunity to work in:

• Medical-Surgical units
• Intensive Care Units (ICU)
• Emergency Departments (ED)
• Patient Monitoring Unit (Float Pool)

This role may also involve providing one-on-one patient observation and offering support to behavioral health patients as needed. Prior hospital experience is preferred, though we're happy to support motivated individuals eager to learn.

Schedule & Commitment

• Full-time position
• 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM shifts
• Every other weekend required
• Holiday rotation in place to ensure fair distribution of holidays and meet unit needs

Why Join Us

• Variety in clinical exposure across multiple units
• Flexibility in your schedule with a consistent night shift
• Collaborative team environment where your contributions matter
• Opportunities for skill development and career growth in a supportive setting
• Meaningful work that directly impacts patient safety and well-being

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations
• In the psychiatric setting, aid patients in reality orientation, participate in behavior modification plans/therapy, provide informal support therapy to patients/families, provide verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aid in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients, facilitate age appropriate play for children, and monitor the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met
• Observe, collect, and document patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or physician
• Provide assistance to patients and their families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, and discharge
• Provide care/treatments to patients as outlined in plan of care including, but not limited to, the measurement of vital signs, height and weight, specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, postural drainage, and supportive patient and family interactions
• Provide direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and assisting with ambulation
• Provide indirect care to patients and assigned area to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, changing linens, re-stocking supplies, cleaning/sterilizing instruments, transporting patients/supplies/specimens, assisting in the orientation of new employees and students, and some routine clerical functions
• Reinforce routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions
• Distribute patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers

Requirements

• Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Qualifications

• Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience
• Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills

Pay

$18.00 - $24.66 per hour (Hiring Range). Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.