Nurse Aide - Healthcare Tech Atrium Health Mercy ADTU FT Days

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Charlotte, NC

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About The Position

The Nurse Aide supports patient care in the Admission Discharge Transition Unit at Atrium Health Mercy. The role provides assistance with patients’ personal care, mobility, comfort, and daily needs; supports admissions, transfers, and discharges under registered nurse supervision; monitors and documents patient information; and helps maintain a safe, clean care environment. The position also involves respectful communication with patients, families, and colleagues, participation in quality and productivity improvement, and ongoing training and departmental activities. The schedule is variable, with hours listed as 6:45 a.m.–7:15 p.m., and the position is full-time at 36 hours per week.

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package that may include paid time off, health and welfare benefits, family benefits, retirement plans, and educational assistance. Program eligibility may depend on FTE or employment status.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Ability to read, write, and follow instructions as required.
• Good communication skills.
• Courteous and professional interpersonal skills.
• Basic math calculation skills.
• CPR (Heart Saver) certification within six months of employment.
• Certification as a Nursing Assistant by the State of Illinois.
• Ability to communicate with customers.
• Ability to push and pull equipment associated with duties.
• Ability to perform medium lifting: 20–50 pounds occasionally, 10–25 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly. For direct patient care, the stated requirement is to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance; for patient lifts over 35 pounds or when the patient cannot assist, use patient-handling equipment with at least one other associate when available.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual skills are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Introduce self and role to patients; provide water when permitted and keep the call light and phone within reach.
• Listen to patients, identify their needs, involve them in decisions about their care, and answer call lights.
• Assist patients with elimination, bathing, oral care, hair care, shaving, feeding, and other personal-care needs.
• Straighten patient rooms, change bed linens, and transport, transfer, lift, position, and ambulate patients as directed.
• Collect and transport specimens; transport equipment, supplies, specimens, and pharmacy items.
• Communicate respectfully with patients, families, and healthcare professionals; address and resolve customer complaints and communicate patient requests and concerns to appropriate nursing staff.
• Participate in admission, transfer, and discharge processes under registered nurse supervision, including setting up rooms, assisting with gowns and identification bands, and accounting for belongings.
• Maintain a clean and safe unit environment; follow infection-control and safety procedures; clean, disinfect, store, and restock equipment and supplies; and report unsafe or malfunctioning equipment.
• Take and record vital signs, weight, height, and intake and output as directed, and notify the RN of abnormal results.
• Provide skin care and report pressure areas, redness, or abrasions; document patient information on appropriate forms.
• Act as a patient and family advocate by providing comfort, assistance, and information.
• Receive report at the beginning of the shift and give report to the following assistant at the end of the shift.
• For night-shift duties, prepare the NPO list, post NPO signs, and communicate instructions in layperson’s terms.
• Recognize and respond appropriately to emergency situations and needs specific to the patient population and age of patients.
• Participate in monitoring and improving departmental quality indicators, customer satisfaction, productivity, and cost containment; submit improvement ideas and help implement initiatives.
• Complete performance-pathway activities, training, learning plans, surveys, feedback forms, self-evaluations, meetings, and departmental or hospital activities as required.
• Establish effective working relationships and interact with coworkers in a team-oriented manner.

Benefits

• Paid time off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible spending accounts for eligible healthcare and dependent-care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined-contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Competitive compensation, premium pay for eligible shifts or on-call work, incentive pay for select positions, and potential annual performance-based increases.

What This Job Offers

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