Nursing Assistant - SRN Nursing Support - Nights - Per Diem

What You Will Do

• Collaborates with the interprofessional team in the delivery of quality patient/resident care under the direction of a licensed nurse.
• Delivers care with consideration to age specific needs / care.
• Contributes to overall unit functions.

Required Qualifications

• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare)
• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent
• Other Comparable to certified nursing assistant course
• 1 Year recent experience in geriatric setting or recent experience in an acute care hospital

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred Qualifications

Safety

• Complies with universal precautions and hospital infection control policies.
• Uses proper body mechanics and available support equipment to ensure patient’s safety and avoid personal injury.
• Identifies and communicates patients who are at risk for injury to self and others
• Complies with hospital policy in management of patients in restraints
• Limits/stores, ensures safety of patient’s belongings (hearing aids, glasses, dentures)
• Consistently utilizes proper body mechanics and available support equipment to ensure patient’s safety and avoid personal injury
• Reports personal injury within two hours after incident happened, and completes the ART and state claim forms
• Follows safety procedures required for equipment use
• Reports observed hazards and unsafe practice

Time Management

• Demonstrates ability to prioritize workload in accordance with patient’s needs and staffing patterns, as appropriate.
• Validates understanding of new patient needs or changes assignment
• Communicates with other staff to develop plan for best use of resources
• Asks for assistance to get workload done/completed
• Reports to license nurse or supervisor when unable to respond to number of current demands
• Sets seeks feedback from co-workers about strategy to complete work more efficiently