Nursing Assistant I (Per Diem) - Transplant Acute Care Unit

UNC Health • Chapel Hill, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

UNC Health is seeking a per-diem Nursing Assistant I for Transplant Acute Care Unit – 5 West, a 15-bed unit caring for abdominal transplant, urology, and plastic surgery patients. The unit provides specialized care to transplant patients, urology patients, and high-risk plastic surgery patients with complex wound-management needs. The position provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic, or home health care setting under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician. It is a per-diem, at-will position requiring at least 24 hours of work per month. Shifts are 12 hours and rotate between days (7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m.) and nights (7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m.), with weekend and holiday rotation. The role is onsite in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Requirements

• Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Fluent in verbal and written English.
• 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, and obtain equipment and supplies during emergencies.
• In psychiatric settings, support reality orientation, behavior modification and therapy 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 for patient emotional and safety needs.
• Observe, collect, and document patient information while providing care, and promptly report significant changes in patient 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 preparations and scrubs; 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 by cleaning work areas, changing linens, restocking supplies, cleaning or sterilizing instruments, transporting patients, supplies, or specimens, helping orient new employees and students, and performing routine clerical functions.
• Reinforce routine teaching provided by a registered nurse or physician, document patient understanding, and distribute patient education materials when requested by patients or health care providers.

Benefits

• UNC Health benefits; eligible employees who currently participate in TSERS or the ORP through another North Carolina agency may continue participating in those plans.

What This Job Offers

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