Nursing Assistant - TCU - Part-Time - Nights 7pm-7:30am Monday thru Friday & every other weekend

General Summary

Facilitate the provision of patient care by performing basic, age-appropriate nursing care to patients under the direct supervision of a registered nurse. Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide care for the age group(s) served.

Interpersonal Skills/Teamwork

• Interpersonal skills/teamwork
• Demonstrates a positive attitude and willingness to facilitate unit functioning.

Productivity/Professional Behavior

• Productivity/Professional Behavior
• Show independence by completing duties with appropriate supervision.
• Show initiative in seeking out appropriate additional duties.
• Present self in a manner that promotes a positive image.
• Attend 75% of department meetings and attends in-services regularly.

Patient Care Skills

• Patient Care Skills
• Assists the RN/LPN with functions to promote, restore, and maintain optimum patient health.
• Obtain patient related information and reports and documents per policy and procedure (to include vital signs, basic patient care, and valuables).
• Complete I&O records.
• Recognize and report abnormal or unusual situations on a timely basis, i.e., pain, respiratory distress, skin temperature or color changes, skin pressure areas, etc.
• Utilize computer entry as directed.

Dietary

• Dietary
• Affords assistance to patients with meals, snacks; prepares patient for meal service; assists patients with menu selection, meal service as needed; collects soiled trays from patients in timely manner, takes trays to soiled utility room as needed; delivers snacks to patient as requested; records patient food intake; communicates patient eating problems to appropriate personnel; orders non-food & food items; performs other related dietary duties as assigned.

Transportation

• Transportation
• Transports patients in safe, efficient, timely manner; uses proper transfer techniques when moving patients; observes patient condition, notifies appropriate personnel of changes in status.

Safety

• Safety
• Maintains safe environment for patients, co-workers; recognizes unsafe conditions, takes action or reports conditions to supervisor immediately; uses Universal Precautions to protect patients, self from infection; demonstrates awareness of, concern for patient safety; closely observes patients at risk for fall or injury, follows all related practice guidelines; reports, turns in broken or damaged equipment immediately; operates all mechanical and electrical equipment in safe, conscientious manner at all times; uses correct techniques to dispose of biomedical waste materials; practices proper body mechanics in daily work activities.

Quality Improvement

• Quality Improvement
• Participates in quality assessment/quality improvement (QI) activities; completes QI data collection activities as requested; participates in implementing corrective action plans for improvement; utilizes cost containment measures in daily practice; participates in developing corrective action plans for improvement.

Environmental Services

• Environmental Services
• Performs limited housekeeping activities in select areas (MPU) as needed.

Compliance

• Compliance
• Complies with department, Medical Center policies & procedures, standards, rules of conduct; complies with absenteeism & tardiness policies.

Essential Functions

• Essential Functions
• Mobility to move from room to room, between dept and to rapidly initiate, complete patient care evacuation procedures, ability to move standard patient care equipment, supplies; ability to lift, move, support, transfer, assist patients; includes but not limited to utilizing transfer techniques such as standing pivot, sliding board, 2&3 person lifts, sheet assists.
• Manual dexterity to perform patient treatments, manipulate tools, instruments, commonly used equipment.
• Organizational skills as well as observation, problem solving, collecting patient data, identifying, responding to unusual or abnormal situations.
• Interpersonal and written communication skills necessary to communicate effectively with patients, families, staff, physicians.
• Ability to walk, stoop, reach to carry out routine cleaning functions.
• Ability to push, pull carts weighing several hundred pounds.
• Ability to climb, work from ladders.

Working Conditions

Setting is generally a clinical nursing unit; work requires prolonged standing, working, lifting; may be exposed to patient illness, communicable diseases, blood hazards, hazardous chemicals; duties must be completed regardless of frequent interruptions.

Orientation Requirements

Must attend new employee; department orientations.

Education/Licensure/Certification/Registration Required

• Education/Licensure/Certification/Registration Required
• Certified BLS Provider specializing in Basic Life Support credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 3 Months (90 days) of hire date or job transfer date required.
• Current Michigan certification as a Nurse Aide is required at hire or must be obtained prior to hire, or at least 6 months acute care Nurse aid or Patient Care Technician experience required or have completed the first year of clinical rotation in a school of nursing required.
• High School diploma or equivalent from an accredited program required.