Vanderbilt Rehab Unit Full-Time Night Shift Nursing Assistant

Definition

A nursing assistant is a paraprofessional trained to provide personal care and related health care and assistance to individuals who are sick, disabled, or infirm, and who are residents of or receiving services from health care facilities or agencies licensed by the state. They hold a license as a nursing assistant issued by the Department of Health.

Company Values

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. These values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers, and one another.

Core Success Factors

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate
• Responsibilities
• Duties of Nursing Assistants

Career Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Registered Nurse to organize work and set priorities.
• Under the supervision of the Registered Nurse, performs:
• Personal Care Skills
• Basic Nursing Assistant Skills
• Rehabilitation Skills

Minimum Qualifications

• Current Rhode Island license as a Nursing Assistant.
• High school graduate or its equivalent preferred.
• Ability to perform basic computer skills.
• Certified in American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS).
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span, with consideration of aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.
• One-year experience as a Nursing Assistant preferred.

Working Environment and Physical Conditions

• Works in healthcare environments such as acute care hospitals, physicians’ offices, and ancillary health care enterprises.
• Prolonged sitting, standing, and walking.
• Repeated bending, squatting, and stooping.
• May be required to lift/turn patients and equipment.

Independent Action

• Works under the supervision of the Registered Nurse within the scope of hospital and department policies and practices and the Rhode Island Department of Health Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation.
• Refers specific, complex problems to supervisor where clarification of department policies and procedures may be required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None.

Pay Range

$18.00-$25.82

EEO Statement

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.