Nurse Assistant - Inpatient Rehab

Missouri Delta Medical Center•Sikeston, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position assists patients with daily living activities, provides basic nursing care, and helps maintain a safe and clean environment. The role involves direct patient interaction, including serving meals, assisting with mobility, monitoring vital signs, and providing post-mortem care. The Nurse Assistant is responsible for accurate documentation, maintaining patient privacy, and collaborating with the healthcare team to ensure quality patient care. They also assist with admissions, transfers, discharges, and diagnostic tests, while ensuring patient equipment is used safely and efficiently.

Requirements

Completion of an approved Certified Nurse Assistant course preferred.
BLS training.
Previous Nurse Assistant experience preferred.
Must have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.

Responsibilities

Assists patient with activities of daily living, provides basic nursing care and assists in maintenance of a safe and clean environment.
Explains procedures to patient prior to initiation and participates in instruction as necessary.
Smiles and talks with patient, even if patient appears unresponsive.
Serves meals, assists with meals, feeds patients in an unhurried manner.
Turns patient, transfers to chair and ambulates patient according to activity order.
Measures intake and output and records accurately.
Provides post mortem care according to policy.
Obtains and records temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, O2 saturation and weights as ordered.
Keeps hall, nurses station, clean and dirty utility room, and linen cart in order. Keeps patient environment neat and orderly.
Reports abnormal intake/output/vital signs/elimination or any change in patient condition to team leader/charge nurse.
Promotes good public relations for the nursing department/hospital.
Records nursing care provided in a clear and accurate manner.
Respects the confidentiality of patient, hospital, and physician related information.
Provides for patient privacy at all times.
Participates in Quality Improvement.
Assists in admissions, transfers, and discharges. Collects and documents patient admission data correctly. Secures disposition of patient belongings.
Assists with diagnostic tests, special procedures and specimen collection as required.
Communicates and collaborates with health care team members to provide quality patient care.
Competently performs core and unit specific clinical skills.
Answers call lights timely, ensures personal articles and call lights are within reach and available for use.
Knowledgeable of proper and safe use of patient care equipment.
Utilizes basic problem solving skills to prevent/resolve issues.
One on one monitoring of patients as assigned.