Nursing Assistant - Outpatient Surgery - Full Time - Days

About the role

Nebraska Methodist Health System focuses on providing exceptional care to the communities they serve and the people they employ. This includes helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying difficult diagnoses with compassion, going above and beyond for patient needs, and giving high fives when patients overcome challenges.

We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, and a supportive work environment where all employees are valued. Our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Responsibilities

• Supports personal hygiene and daily living needs of patients.
• Ensures patient safety during treatment and preparation of treatment spaces.
• Communicates patient feedback to appropriate staff and reports any variations from the patient's plan of care.
• Documents patient activities and responses to activities accurately and in a timely manner.
• Cleans and prepares patient rooms, including high dusting, vacuuming, mopping, disinfecting, and spot cleaning.
• Assists with patient care tasks such as repositioning, turning, chair transfers, and ambulation.
• Provides transportation assistance and patient amenities like newspapers and mail.
• Maintains a safe and efficient patient care environment by cleaning and organizing equipment, rooms, and workspaces.
• Answers call lights and relays patient requests to appropriate resources.
• Prepares exam rooms and equipment according to provider protocols.
• Maintains sterile processing and ensures equipment is returned to the appropriate room within acceptable times.
• Manages clinical care stock and restocks patient care areas independently.
• Serves as a backup office assistant, answering phones, transcribing messages, and assisting with intake and scheduling.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED preferred.
• Completion of first clinical rotation as Nursing Assistant preferred.
• Completion of a 75-hour state-approved Nurse Assistant course or 6 months of Nurse Assistant experience required.
• Previous customer service, cleaning, food service, and/or patient-related experience preferred.
• One to three months of on-the-job experience to learn hospital procedures and work routines preferred.
• Previous experience in patient care settings such as hospitals, clinics, or nursing homes preferred.
• Previous experience with direct patient contact preferred.
• Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) certification preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.

Qualifications

• Ability to understand and carry out instructions, follow schedules, communicate information, read simple and clear instructions, and complete reports.
• Able to collect, record, and report patient needs to the appropriate caregiver.
• Requires ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills commensurate with job description.
• Participates in mandatory in-services and continuing education programs as mandated by policies and procedures/external agencies and as directed by supervisor.

Skills

• Ability to understand and carry out instructions.
• Follows schedules.
• Communicates information.
• Reads simple and clear instructions.
• Completes reports.
• Understands and carries out instructions.
• Follows schedules.
• Communicates information.
• Reads simple and clear instructions.
• Completes reports.
• Understands and carries out instructions.
• Follows schedules.
• Communicates information.
• Reads simple and clear instructions.
• Completes reports.

Benefits

Nebraska Methodist Health System offers competitive pay and excellent benefits, including:

• Shift differentials and other financial incentives.
• Academic sponsorship with Methodist College.

Pay

Competitive pay is offered for this position.

Schedule

530a-5p, 12 hr. shifts. W, Th, and Friday.