Nursing Assistant I Med/Surg

UNC Health • Eden, NC

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic, or home health care setting. All work is performed under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician. This per diem position is based onsite at UNC Rockingham Health Care in Eden, North Carolina, on the RHC 2nd Floor Nurse unit, with a day schedule. Standard hours are 0.01 per week. The hiring range is $15.55–$22.17 per hour; offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

Requirements

• Be listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
• Hold Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Be fluent in verbal and written English and able to develop basic computer skills.

Nice To Haves

• Six months of nursing assistant experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, including obtaining equipment and supplies during emergencies.
• In psychiatric settings, support reality orientation and behavior modification plans; provide informal support to patients and families; de-escalate potentially aggressive patients; assist with physical management of aggressive or out-of-control patients; facilitate age-appropriate play for children; and monitor therapeutic milieu activities to help meet patients’ emotional and safety needs.
• Observe, collect, and document patient information while providing care, and promptly report significant changes in a patient’s condition to a registered nurse or physician.
• Assist patients and families with admission, orientation to the hospital, clinic, or home health experience, and discharge.
• Provide care and treatments according to the plan of care, including measuring vital signs, height, and weight; collecting specimens; skin preparation; catheter care; capillary blood glucose checks; simple wound care; range-of-motion exercises; postural drainage; and supportive patient and family interactions.
• Provide personal care for routine activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, feeding, and assisting with ambulation.
• Provide indirect care to patients and the assigned area, including cleaning the work area, changing linens, restocking supplies, cleaning or sterilizing instruments, transporting patients, supplies, and specimens, assisting with orientation of new employees and students, and performing routine clerical functions.
• Reinforce routine teaching provided by a registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions; distribute patient education materials at the request of patients or health care providers.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed