Nursing Assistant I/II BMT 19S Full Time Nights

Stony Brook University•Town of Brookhaven, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Stony Brook Medicine, Nursing Assistants are valuable members of the team who provide empathic care to patients, their families, and visitors with integrity and respect. Under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN), Nursing Assistants engage in frequent face-to-face communication with patients and visitors to convey information on treatment procedures and visitor hours. They also offer encouragement and support to those who may be despondent or apprehensive. Qualified candidates are expected to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a strong knowledge and understanding of patient care, and the ability to effectively respond to changing patient needs by making decisions based on ethical principles and adhering to high standards of excellence.

Requirements

NURSING ASSISTANT 1: Possession of or ability to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities during the probationary period.
NURSING ASSISTANT 2: One year of satisfactory full-time experience in the provision of simple treatment and other patient care services under professional supervision.

Nice To Haves

NYS Certified Nursing Assistant license or certification from an approved certified nursing aide training program
One year of patient care experience
A High School Diploma or GED

Responsibilities

Change simple dressings as directed, give enemas, douches, and irrigations as directed.
Apply hot water bottles, aqua K pads, ice bags, and coolers, and hot and cold compresses as directed.
Chart and document care and/or behaviors as required.
Take temperatures, pulse rates, blood pressure and respiration rate.
Attend to daily living activities, personal, hygienic, and simple human needs in order to maintain in the clinical facility an atmosphere conducive to treatment and comfortable for persons in care.
Feed persons requiring assistance in order to assure that such individuals receive appropriate nourishment.
Bathe and dress, brush teeth and trim fingernails and toenenails of persons in care.
Maintain persons in care rights, dignity, and confidentiality.
On occasion and in conjunction with providing care, may perform a variety of housekeeping and cleaning duties as related to direct care in order to assure that the clinical facility is clean, sanitary, orderly, and properly supplied.