Nursing Assistant I (Per Diem) - Child, Adolescent & Eating Disorders Unit (5 Neurosciences)

UNC Health•Chapel Hill, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

UNC Health is seeking a per diem Nursing Assistant I for the Child, Adolescent and Eating Disorders Psychiatry Inpatient Unit, a 28-bed unit with adolescent, child, and eating disorders beds. Safety is central to care, alongside supporting positive coping skills, healthy living, and positive leisure activities. The position provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital setting under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician. This is an onsite, at-will per diem position at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Staff generally work a minimum of 12 hours every two weeks, on rotating day and night shifts, with weekend and holiday rotation. General shift hours are 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m. The position requires attendance at a weeklong hospital orientation offered every two weeks. Orientation includes virtual sessions Monday and Tuesday, a virtual session and in-person session Wednesday, and virtual sessions Thursday and Friday. The role includes assisting with examinations and procedures, providing psychiatric milieu and patient support, documenting and reporting patient information, assisting patients and families through admission and discharge, providing personal and clinical care, maintaining the assigned area, and reinforcing routine patient education.

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.
Able to generally work a minimum of 12 hours every two weeks, rotating day and night shifts, including weekends and holidays.
Able to attend the required weeklong hospital orientation offered every two weeks.

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 the psychiatric setting, aid patients in reality orientation; participate in behavior modification plans and therapy; provide informal support to patients and families; use verbal de-escalation; assist with physical management of aggressive or out-of-control patients; facilitate age-appropriate play; 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 experience, and discharge.
Provide care and treatments specified in 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 direct personal care for 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, 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, document patient understanding, and distribute patient education materials at the request of patients or health care providers.