LNA- Ray of Hope - EVE/NIGHT

Cottage Hospital • Haverhill, NH

6d • Onsite

About The Position

At Cottage Hospital, you can learn, grow, and give back while making a meaningful difference. We’re seeking a compassionate LNA to join Ray of Hope, our 10-bed inpatient unit serving adults 65+ experiencing mental health challenges. As part of this close-knit team, you’ll provide hands-on care and help create a safe, respectful, and therapeutic environment for patients from across the region. If you’re looking for work that truly matters in a hospital recognized as a Best Place to Work — we’d love to hear from you!

Requirements

• LNA certification
• Compassionate care
• Ability to provide hands-on care
• Ability to create a safe, respectful, and therapeutic environment
• Ability to provide supportive care to patients
• Assists nurses in the provision of care
• Monitoring vital signs
• Facilitating basic psychoeducational groups
• Communicates patient information to the appropriate team
• Responds according to unit procedure in emergency situations
• Stocks patient bedside with required supplies
• Changes equipment as needed
• Checks and changes needle/syringe containers
• Conducts unit safety rounding
• Answers call bells or requests
• Safely transports patients
• Participates in the admission or discharge of patients
• Maintains a therapeutic environment by cleaning and keeping neat areas

Responsibilities

• Provides supportive care for patients in their activities of daily living. Activities include: AM/PM care, monitoring vital signs, feeding, toileting, bathing and dressing, changing bed linens, special observation monitoring and documentation and facilitating basic psychoeducational groups specific to the Geriatric psychiatry unit.
• Promptly and accurately communicates patient information to the appropriate team.
• Responds according to unit procedure in emergency situations. Floats to other units as necessary.
• Each shift, stocks patient bedside with required supplies, changes equipment as needed. Each shift, checks and changes needle/syringe containers as needed. Conducts unit safety rounding as assigned. Notifies appropriate department with a decreased par level as needed.
• Answers call bells or requests and refers the appropriate person to them.
• Safely transports patients to and from other departments and areas.
• Participates in the admission or discharge of patients. Escorts patients to hospital exit, removes supplies and equipment from patient room, prepares room for an admission.
• Maintains a therapeutic environment by cleaning and keeping neat the following areas: counters in all utility rooms and equipment, furniture, and toys.
• Completes other tasks as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed