Nursing Assistant I - Pulmonary/Infectious Disease Acute Care (Nights)

About the role

A Nursing Assistant I is needed for Pulmonary/Infectious Disease Acute Care - 6 Bedtower. This is a 31 bed medicine unit that provides advanced acute care for patients with pulmonary and infectious diseases. 6 Bedtower is equipped with dual channel telemetry and continuous pulse oximetry and cares for patients who are HIV positive, those who have respiratory diseases, and adults with cystic fibrosis. 6 Bedtower holds the Silver-level designation Beacon Award for Excellence™ from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

Responsibilities

• Aid 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

Education Requirements: None required as long as all other position requirements are met.

Licensure/Certification Requirements: Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Professional Experience Requirements: Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience.

Qualifications

• Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills.

Skills

N/A

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$17.60 - $24.29 per hour (Hiring Range)

Schedule

Variable