Nursing Assistant I (Per Diem) - 2nd floor Cardiac/Medicine

The Diagnostic Tower will consist of 10 beds with acute level medical-surgical patients, primarily focusing on the Cardiology and Hospitalist patient population, and will operate 24/7. UNC Health Care Hillsborough Campus is a 163-bed community hospital that combines a community hospital culture with innovative procedures and care. The facility has achieved accreditation by The Joint Commission's disease-specific program for Total Hip and Knee Replacement and was designated Dementia Friendly in 2019. Located at 430 Waterstone Drive, Hillsborough, NC, the campus offers easy access to free on-campus parking.

About the role

Provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic, or home health care setting under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician.

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, aids patients in reality orientation, participates in behavior modification plans/therapy, provides informal support therapy to patients/families, provides verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aids in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients, facilitates age-appropriate play for children, and monitors the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met.
• Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or physician.
• Provides assistance to patients and their families during admission, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, and discharge.
• Provides 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.
• Provides 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.
• Provides 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.
• Reinforces routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions.
• Distributes 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.
• Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills.

Qualifications

• None required as long as all other position requirements are met.
• Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience.

Pay

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

Schedule

• Per Diem (on an as-needed basis).
• Standard Hours Per Week: 6.00.
• Rotating shifts.
• Onsite work assignment.