Inpatient Surgical Nurse Assistant

CHI St. Alexius Bismarck • Bismarck, ND

20h • $15 - $20

About The Position

The Inpatient Surgical Nurse Assistant helps nursing staff provide individual patient care and contributes to a compassionate, healing environment for patients, families, and visitors. The role provides direct patient care, assists with activities of daily living, and supports patient stability while following St. Alexius Medical Center’s mission, values, policies, and standards of care.

The assistant provides personal hygiene and comfort care; helps patients with feeding, bathing, ambulation, positioning, and transfers; monitors and documents assigned clinical activities; and reports changes in patient condition to the RN. The role also supports patient admissions, discharges, and transfers, shares relevant patient information with nursing staff, and maintains an organized work environment and available supplies and equipment.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent work experience, including the ability to read, write, and comprehend medical terminology.
• Be listed on a Nurse Assistant Registry operated by the North Dakota Board of Nursing or obtain registry placement immediately following orientation and training at St. Alexius Medical Center.
• Obtain Basic Life Support Certification within the orientation period and meet recertification requirements as required.

Nice To Haves

• Hospital experience, aide experience, or successful completion of a certification or training program.
• Ability to organize assignments and work under pressure.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care, hygiene, and physical comfort within assigned tasks, including feeding, bathing, shaving, changing clothes, bed making, ambulation, lifting, turning, moving, transferring, enemas, skin care, and bowel or bladder elimination.
• Provide additional care needed to meet assigned patients’ personal needs and comfort, based on skill, ability, and patient acuity.
• Prepare patients, equipment, and supplies for specific procedures and examinations.
• Perform, monitor, report, and document clinical activities within assigned tasks.
• Observe and report changes in patient condition to the RN.
• Assist nursing staff with patient admissions, discharges, and transfers, including handling patient belongings, providing personal care and comfort items, orienting patients and families, and transporting patients.
• Provide relevant patient information to nursing staff for the interdisciplinary plan of care and document patient data according to work unit standards.
• Maintain a neat and organized work environment.
• Order, stock, and replenish supplies and equipment; identify and report supply or equipment problems; submit equipment repair requests, tag equipment, and remove it from service.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED