Nursing Assistant II

Essential Functions

• Aids patients with hygiene, mobility, hydration, elimination, and nutritional needs.
• Maintains a safe, clean, neat, and organized patient environment.
• Maintains safety and security of patients, families, self, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Safeguards patient privacy, rights, and confidentiality.
• Follows standard precautions, washing hands between patients.
• Takes and records vital signs and patient intake/output as directed.
• Accurately documents pertinent patient information according to Orlando Health policies and guidelines.
• Communicates appropriate information and safety concerns about the patient's condition to the RN and other healthcare team members.
• Participates in handoff reports and purposeful hourly rounding of patients.
• Provides exceptional service and care to all patients, families, customers, and team members.
• Demonstrates competency in specific tasks and skills as defined by Orlando Health and unit-specific competencies.
• Maintains a clean, neat, safe, and organized nursing unit.
• Transports and delivers items, equipment, blood products, and medications (excluding controlled substances and IV chemotherapy drugs).
• May have limited access to areas storing medications.
• Participates in nursing Performance Improvement activities as assigned.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues, patient rights, and compliance with regulatory and accrediting agency standards.
• Utilizes time and resources effectively and efficiently.
• Completes all mandatory training.
• Attends hospital, unit staff meetings, and in-services according to policy.
• Completes one semester of clinical rotation as a current nursing student.

Other Related Functions

• Supports and participates in planned changes.
• Utilizes time and resources effectively and efficiently.
• Completes all mandatory training.
• Attends hospital, unit staff meetings, and in-services according to policy.
• Completes one semester of clinical rotation as a current nursing student.

Education/Training

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• One (1) year of nursing assistant work experience within the past five years may substitute for the below training requirement in addition to the requirements listed in the Experience section.
• Successful completion of one of the following Nursing Assistant or Patient Care Assistant Program;
• State of Florida Certified Nursing Assistant certification;
• State of Florida Licensed Practical Nurse;
• Current nursing student who has completed one semester of clinical rotation;
• Graduate of an approved school of nursing;
• Medical Corpsman, Emergency Medical Technician or Paramedic;
• Medical personnel licensed outside the United States.

Licensure/Certification

• Maintains current BLS/HealthCare Provider certification.

Experience

• One (1) year of experience within the past five years in a relevant healthcare setting.
• No experience required for graduates of an approved school of nursing.