Nursing Assistant - Telemetry Unit, Days

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical, and business professionals across all disciplines.

About the Role

Part-time Nursing Assistant position in the Telemetry Unit. Schedule includes 7:00am - 7:30pm, 12-hour shifts (one week of shifts), with every 3rd weekend required and holiday rotation. This role is a cross-trained position for Unit Coordinator, responsible for general office management, clerical, and receptionist duties on the Nursing Unit.

Responsibilities

• Provides age-appropriate care for the patient population served.
• Interacts with patients in a manner that preserves patient dignity, privacy, and meets psychosocial needs.
• Bathes patients and provides assistance with hygiene (includes baths, mouth care, shaves males, combs hair, washes patient’s hair as requested).
• Changes bed linens for occupied and unoccupied beds.
• Assists patients with meals and feeds patients as needed.
• Obtains vital signs and weights, and records them.
• Welcomes and greets patients and visitors to the unit.
• Demonstrates pleasant, professional communication skills when speaking with patients, visitors, nursing staff, physicians, volunteers, and personnel from other departments.
• Communicates patient and unit information to the RN and interdisciplinary care team in a timely manner; seeks help from RN when needed.
• Documents patient care in an accurate, professional, and timely manner according to policy and procedure.
• Uses equipment appropriately, follows Department policies for equipment and supply use, cleaning, and maintenance.
• Performs assigned duties to maintain unit in a state of survey readiness and maintain quality initiatives.
• Ensures all chart forms are properly labeled (Chart Management).
• Performs procedures within the scope of the Policy and Procedure Manual.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED (Required).
• 0-1 years of training and/or experience at an acute care facility or student nurse with hospital-based clinical experience.
• Previous secretarial skills or healthcare experience.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support certification (Required).
• Certified Nursing Assistant preferred.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy.