Licensed Nursing Assistant II- Intensive Care Unit- Full Time- Nights

SolutionHealth • Manchester, NH

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Functions as an integral member of the care delivery team by providing direct and indirect patient care under the direction of a RN and within the scope of practice of a Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA). Assists patients with activities of daily living, provides for personal care, emotional support and performs more complex clinical skills under the direction of an RN.

Requirements

• Current Nursing Assistant License in the State of New Hampshire required.
• BLS authorization preferred or obtained within 90 days of date of hire.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Minimum of 6 months experience as an LNA
• MS Office

Responsibilities

• LNA Models Elliot Essentials behavior with patients, peers and all other members of the health care team.
• Performs or assists patients in the completion of activities of daily living.
• Utilizes basic knowledge of growth and development to provide age-specific patient care.
• Provides basic support to patients and families in response to identified psychosocial needs and cultural and religious preferences.
• Performs clinical tasks within the scope of LNA practice, in accordance with policies and procedures of the Elliot Health System.
• Reports all observations, symptoms, deviations from normal, and changes in patient’s condition to the Registered Nurse
• Assists others in performing selected patient care activities or tasks as appropriate.
• Follows all infection prevention/universal precautions policies as appropriate.
• Incorporates safety principles, policies and procedures into daily practice.
• Ensures confidentiality of all patients, employee, legal, budget, and company matters.
• Maintains patient privacy and dignity.
• Phlebotomy Performs routine and emergency phlebotomy.
• Telemetry Completes rhythm analysis and interpretation and posts rhythm strips at the specified times.
• Communicates information regarding rhythm changes and vital sign abnormalities to the primary nurse and charge nurse.
• Demonstrates knowledge of location of patients that are off the unit for testing.
• Maintains telemetry alarm notification log.
• Ensures that communication devices are working properly, assigned and distributed to nursing staff.
• Unit Secretary Contributes to ensuring effective and efficient communication with visitors, callers, physicians, staff from other departments and others as appropriate.
• Meets and greets visitors to the department; determines the purpose of visit and responds or refers to appropriate staff member.
• Updates and maintains patient assignment board, Census Change Sheets, and all other patient lists.
• Supports effective and efficient patient care processes through timely, accurate transcription and entry of orders/data.
• Maintains Unit Secretary task list to ensure patient care which are verified by the registered nurse, to appropriate patient care documents.
• Assembles patient charts for all admissions to the unit to include all appropriate documents
• Prepares patient charts for patient transfers by copying and organizing required documents according to specific payer criteria.
• Disassembles and reorganizes charts upon discharge before forwarding to medical records.
• Coordinates completion of patient death certificates by contacting appropriate parties.
• Supports the smooth functioning of the unit by performing a variety of clerical and coordinating activities as designated by the unit.
• Updates and maintains the daily communication device list for the unit; ensures that all RNs receive communication device at the beginning of the shift and return them at the end of the shift.
• Radiation Therapy Schedules, tracks and assures timeliness of diagnostic testing.
• Obtaining insurance authorization for diagnostic testing.
• Schedules all follow up clinic appointments.
• Reviews patient’s charts to ensure all necessary information is obtained prior to patient visit.
• Obtains an updated medication list for all follow-up patients.
• Coordinates needed services/referrals for follow up patients.
• Tracks patients missed appointments, and notification to patient to reschedule and sending a certified notice for repeated missed appointments, per protocol.
• Assists physicians with patient physical exams/procedures/preparation of needed equipment.
• Ensures all exam rooms are adequately stocked and cleaned.
• Checking for and replacement of any expired items.
• Responsible for lined inventory and distribution within the department.
• Coordinates weekly treatment visits for physicians and RNs.
• Orders all departmental needed clinical supplies in the Lawson system.
• Tracks supply of bulk stores and MDS items and makes recommendations to adjust par levels.
• Telesitter Maintains constant visual observation of the patients receiving remote visual monitoring.
• Participates in the hand-off, during shift change or when admitting new patients to the system, of pertinent information/behavior about patients being monitored.
• Ensures another telesitter in place before leaving monitoring station.
• Verbally redirects patients when necessary.
• Provides patients with explanations as necessary, but does not counsel or provide opinions.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits starting the 1st of the month following you start date
• Accrued Earned Time
• 403b with matching (fully vested) and discretionary annual core contributions
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $4,000/year for full time coded employees over 30 hours/week
• Nursing Student Loan Paydown Program up to $20,000
• Sign On Bonuses up to $3,000

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED