Vanderbilt Health - Nashville, TN
posted 10 days ago
About the position
Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
Responsibilities
- Performs clinical care consistent with the patient's treatment plan, including but not limited to vital signs, phlebotomy, specimen collection and point of care testing as directed by unit standards.
- Collects data to contribute to the assessment of individual strengths and limitations.
- Assists patients with showering, oral hygiene, laundry and other activities of daily living as directed by the assigned RN.
- Provides input to the patient's assigned nurse and other healthcare professionals assigned to the patient regarding patient's progress towards treatment goals.
- Promotes and maintains a safe environment conducive to healing and health promotion.
- Assures orientation of newly admitted patient to the program and establishes a therapeutic relationship with the patients.
- Provides immediate feedback to the charge nurse about any safety concerns on the unit.
- Actively participates in gathering patients for groups and periodically assisting in co-leading groups.
Requirements
- Graduate of an approved discipline specific program.
- Less than 1 year of relevant work experience.
