Nurse Aide - Acute Care
About The Position
The Nurse Aide is responsible for delivering patient care using basic nursing care tasks. In the acute care setting and Surgical Care Center, the Nurse Aide supports licensed nurses, completes supportive duties, and works as part of the healthcare team to help maintain a safe, effective, and therapeutic environment on the nursing unit. The role also helps keep the unit, utility room, and treatment areas orderly; returns equipment to designated storage areas; and prepares the unit for the next surgical schedule, including maintaining kitchen tidiness and supplies. The Nurse Aide is expected to complete assigned work and show initiative in helping ensure unit tasks are completed during the shift. The position may also include assigned secretarial duties, such as registration, answering phones, notifying patients of their arrival time on the day of surgery, maintaining and assembling charts, and filing, sorting, and distributing information and chart data. This is a full-time position scheduled for 36 hours per week, with two eight-hour shifts and two ten-hour shifts. No weekends or holidays are required. Pay is $19.94–$25.00 per hour, based on experience.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- BLS certification.
- Nurse Aide Certificate or current experience in bedside care in a long-term or acute health facility.
- Good communication skills.
- Customer service skills.
Responsibilities
- Assist licensed nurses.
- Perform basic nursing care tasks and supportive duties in the acute care setting.
- Perform basic nursing care tasks and supportive secretarial duties in the Surgical Care Center.
- Contribute as part of the healthcare team to ensure unit tasks are completed and provide a safe, effective, and therapeutic environment.
- Maintain orderliness of the unit, utility room, and treatment areas.
- Return cribs, stretchers, wheelchairs, and other equipment to their proper storage areas.
- Ensure proper unit setup for the next surgical schedule, including kitchen tidiness and supplies.
- Complete assigned work and take initiative to help ensure all unit tasks are completed during the shift.
- May perform assigned secretarial duties, including registration, answering phones, and notifying patients of their arrival time on the day of surgery.
- May assemble and maintain charts, ensuring the medical record is in appropriate order.
- May perform filing, sorting, and distribution of information and chart data.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Tuition reimbursement up to $6,000 per year.
- Contribution and match on Retirement Plan.
- Four weeks of paid time off.
- Access to Success coaches.
- Free parking.
- Employee wellness programs, biometric screenings, an onsite gym, a Zen Room, and a Community Shared Agriculture program.
- Staff recognition platforms: Shining Stars and CARESCount website.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
