Nursing Assistant I Acute Care Nights

UNC Health • Lenoir, NC

5d • Onsite

About 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. This full-time, onsite position is on the Nursing 3 West Acute unit at Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir, North Carolina. The schedule is nights, with 36 standard hours per week. The hiring salary range is $16.00–$22.51 per hour; offers are based on 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 is 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 patients with reality orientation, behavior modification plans and therapy, informal support, verbal de-escalation, and physical management when needed; 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 treatments and care as outlined in 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 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, document patient understanding, and distribute patient education materials at the request of patients or health care providers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed