Nurse Assistant I - Ortho Trauma (7E)
About The Position
Under the supervision of a registered nurse, responsible for providing support to nursing staff and assisting in the delivery of patient care following patient care plan and hospital policies and procedures Essential Functions and Responsibilities: Provides routine patient care services such as call light response; ambulating, transferring, and positioning; personal hygiene assistance, prescribed bowel and bladder program assistance, etc. Collects, records, and reports various patient data. Reports changes in patient condition. Performs surgical skin preps, basic skin care procedures, bedside finger stick blood sugars, and quality control checks of blood glucose instruments. Performs general unit support activities such as postmortem care, cleaning of rooms and areas, running errands, making deliveries, responding to Code Blue pages, Code Red, etc. Performs other related responsibilities as necessary.
Requirements
- High school graduate or equivalent required.
- Specialized education requirements, for those not meeting minimum six-month nursing assistance experience requirement, include: acute care nursing assistant course preferred for acute care positions or long term care nursing assistant course or completion of an emergency medical technician program or completion of medical assistant program or completion of a clinical rotation while participating an accredited nursing program.
- Direct patient care experience preferred.
- Prior nursing assistant experience of at least six months is required when the specialized education requirements identified above has not been met
- BLS certification as Healthcare Provider or equivalent through the Military Training Network (MTN).
Nice To Haves
- Direct patient care experience preferred.
- acute care nursing assistant course preferred for acute care positions
Responsibilities
- Provides routine patient care services such as call light response; ambulating, transferring, and positioning; personal hygiene assistance, prescribed bowel and bladder program assistance, etc.
- Collects, records, and reports various patient data. Reports changes in patient condition.
- Performs surgical skin preps, basic skin care procedures, bedside finger stick blood sugars, and quality control checks of blood glucose instruments.
- Performs general unit support activities such as postmortem care, cleaning of rooms and areas, running errands, making deliveries, responding to Code Blue pages, Code Red, etc.
- Performs other related responsibilities as necessary.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Hospitals
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
