Nursing Assistant I - (Per Diem) Medical / Surgical Unit

UNC Health • Clayton, NC

17h • Onsite

About The Position

The Nursing Assistant I 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. This position is assigned to the 3rd Floor Medical / Surgical Unit, a 24-bed unit serving patients with a variety of medical and surgical diagnoses, including chest pain, CHF, syncope, strokes, diabetes, and COPD. The unit emphasizes teamwork and includes nursing assistant support on both day and overnight shifts.

The role supports patients and families throughout admission, care, and discharge; assists with routine examinations and procedures; monitors and documents patient information; provides personal care and specified treatments; maintains the care area and supplies; and reinforces routine patient education. The position is per diem, onsite in Clayton, North Carolina, with a rotating schedule.

Requirements

• Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Fluent in spoken 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 emergency situations.
• 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 during 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 direct personal care for routine activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, feeding, and assisting with ambulation.
• Provide indirect care, including cleaning the work area, changing linens, restocking supplies, cleaning or sterilizing instruments, transporting patients, supplies, or 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; distribute patient education materials at the request of patients or health care providers.
• In psychiatric settings, support reality orientation, behavior modification plans or therapy, informal support therapy, verbal de-escalation, physical management of aggressive or out-of-control patients, age-appropriate play for children, and monitoring of therapeutic milieu activities to help meet patients' emotional and safety needs.

What This Job Offers

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