NCA I/HEALTH UNIT COORD - Special Nursery Full Time

Duke Careers•Durham, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together. Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, with 388 beds, is the second largest of Duke Health's four hospitals and offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical, and diagnostic services, including orthopedics, weight-loss surgery, women's services, and heart and vascular services. Duke University Health System-Duke Regional Hospital seeks to hire a Nursing Care Assistant who will embrace their mission of Advancing Health Together. The Special Care Nursery at Duke Regional Hospital is comprised of an 18-bed Level IIB nursery serving newborns greater than 32 weeks gestation. The team is active in delivering exemplary care for each patient to ensure an excellent patient experience, every time. The unit provides care for more than 400 infants each year. The multidisciplinary team actively participates in providing additional support for the infant that is moderately ill, including providing mechanical ventilation and/or CPAP for a brief duration, care for feeders and growers and those that require convalescent care, and stabilizing infants less than 32 weeks until they can be transferred to Duke University Hospital.

Requirements

Currently listed as a Nursing Assistant I (NA I) with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Service Regulation with no substantiated findings of abuse, fraud, neglect or misappropriation of property.
BCLS certification must be maintained/completed by the end of new hire orientation, which typically takes place during the first week of employment.

Nice To Haves

Ability to function as a part of a large multidisciplinary team in a shared governance environment.
Passion for developmental and family centered care.

Responsibilities

Perform a variety of nonprofessional nursing duties in the direct care of patients under the direct supervision of an RN/LPN.
Perform a variety of clerical duties involved in preparing, maintaining, and processing patient, unit (s), and hospital data and records including operating the organization's patient care information systems.
Administer treatment and personal care procedures to patients including, but not limited to, feeding, bathing, shaving changing clothing, cleaning, and trimming fingernails, bed-making, assisting with ambulation, enemas, skin care, and bowel and bladder elimination; provide such additional care as required to meet the personal needs and comfort of assigned patients.
Perform a variety of selected patient care tasks under the direction of an RN/LPN to assist medical and nursing personnel in the examination, treatment, and care of patients.
Retrieve and record patient data in electronic medical records (EMR) and report to Nurse noting any new abnormal changes in the patient's condition.
Participate in the transport of patients.
Clean assigned area: stock and replenish supplies and equipment as required.
Perform a variety of clerical tasks involved in operating the organization's patient care information system.
Acknowledge orders on EMR task list, verify printouts, and input verified orders to request diets, treatments, nursing services, equipment, and diagnostic and laboratory tests and procedures.
Assemble and maintain patient charts from admission through discharge.
Prepare and upload paper documents into the electronic medical record (EMR).
Exhibit professional communication skills when answering the telephone and interacting with patients, visitors, and other staff members.
Navigate electronic medical records, access patient information, generate reports, schedule appointments, and manage task list.
Use available technology to request and coordinate patient transport.
Assign nursing staff to communication systems.
Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.