Nursing Assistant Per-Diem Nights

About the Role

The Nursing Assistant (NA) provides direct clinical and support services to patients and their families within the scope of his/her role under the direction of the registered nurse. The role involves participating in the delivery of patient care across the health care continuum.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of appropriately delegated patient care interventions for patients and their families.
• Collaborates with the RN throughout the shift to determine work assignment and priorities.
• Maintains timely ongoing verbal communication with RN throughout the shift regarding patient condition.
• Notifies RN immediately of any significant changes in a patient's condition and/or monitoring alarms.
• Identifies self as a NA and introduces self to patient by name upon initial contact.
• Accurately collects and records patient data (vital signs, intake and output, blood sugar, weights, restraint care/monitoring, other).
• Completes section of the Functional Health Assessment upon admission.
• Prepares room for admission and ensures patients have appropriate identification bands.
• Transports patients and their belongings, equipment and supplies, as needed and as part of the transfer/discharge process.
• Makes routine patient room rounds to address patient needs.
• Provides and/or assists with basic hygiene including bathing, dressing, mouth care, shaving, whirlpool baths, perineal and bowel care, foley care, application of condom catheters, emptying urinals and ostomy bags and other associated hygiene tasks.
• Provides basic skin care including back rubs, routine diabetic foot care, application of non-medicated ointments, application of elastic stockings, ace wraps, and venodynes, turning and repositioning patients every two hours, and other associated tasks.
• Sets up patients for meals and assists them with feeding and opening food containers; maintaining calorie counts and recording intake/output measures (I and Os).
• When ambulating patients, uses safe and proper technique, applies safety devices using hydraulic lifts or bed scale as needed.
• Identifies emergency/crisis situations and initiates appropriate response actions within the scope of her/his role, including immediate communication of such events to the registered nurse.
• Maintains competence in relation to a variety of other technical skills which may include, depending on unit assigned, but are not limited to: support services.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED certificate required.
• Basic Life Support Certification or obtained within 90 days of employment.
• One year of previous experience as a nursing assistant in an acute hospital setting, or Current enrollment in SEMC’s SEIU Certified Nursing Assistant Program, or Current enrollment in a nursing program and has completed one cycle of clinical med-surg rotation, or Successful completion of an approved certified nursing assistant training, or Successful completion of approved certified Medical Assistant Training program.

Skills

• Effective speaking, reading, and writing using the English language.
• Ability to perform basic math and quantitative measurements.
• Ability to enter and retrieve computerized information/data.
• Ability to use Microsoft Outlook.
• Physical ability to push, transfer, and pull heavy loads.
• Effective interpersonal skills to interact appropriately with nursing staff, patients, families/visitors, physicians, and other hospital staff.
• Organizational skills to set priorities and efficiently complete assigned work.
• Ability to manage stress related to patient care issues, and changing organizational climate and personnel issues.

Benefits

Compensation Range: $18.42 - $27.37

This range offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications. However, our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and a broad range of factors is considered when making an offer. This includes education, experience, and licensure/certifications directly related to position requirements. In addition, BMCHS offers generous total compensation that includes, but is not limited to, benefits (medical, dental, vision, pharmacy), contract increases, Flexible Spending Accounts, 403(b) savings matches, earned time cash out, paid time off, career advancement opportunities, and resources to support employee and family wellbeing.