Nursing Assistant/Ward Clerk
About The Position
Responsible to coordinate activities at the Nurses Station, including receptionist, general clerical and information management duties with computer skills. Provide direct patient care, both medical and non-medical. Cares are directed and supervised by the RN or LPN. Assures the maintenance of a safe and clean environment. Excellence in Practice: Time management: completes assignments and assists others willingly; answers call lights; greets and directs patients, visitors and hospital personnel in a friendly and courteous manner, assists in room preparation, admissions and discharges. Assists patients with activities and meal time set up, ambulation, transfers, positioning, and dressing. Attends to physical and emotional needs. Computer skills: able to admit patients with knowledge about inpatient/outpatient status, obtain charts, able to use order entry for physician orders, specimen collections, equipment repairs and dietary needs. Performs duties independently with little or no supervision. Good technical skills: vital signs, specimen collection, weights, isolation, hot/cold packs; cooperates in unit cleaning, maintenance, restocking, diet kitchen, utility room, patient rooms and equipment; had good knowledge of phone system, pager system, alarms and proper response to each. Able to prioritize and multitask – separate emergency orders and request for regular work flow. Adapts to changes in workload while remaining calm and reassuring. Takes direction from medical professionals, follows stat orders. Treats patients with dignity and respect providing for privacy in all cares. Completes assignments, good time managements. Assists others willingly. Answers call lights promptly. Makes hourly rounds. Assists patients with activities of daily living: meal time set up and feeding, toileting, ambulation, transfers, positioning, dressing, AM & PM cares – bathing, oral hygiene, shave, skin and nail care. Attends to physical, spiritual and emotional needs. Accurately documents care provided: Activity, Meals, I & O, Vital Signs, Weights, Swing Bed activities and ADL assessments. Assist with admissions and discharges – room preparation. Cooperates with unit cleaning, maintenance and restocking: Diet kitchen, utility room, report room, patient rooms, supply room, med carts, IV trays, equipment, etc. Good technical skills: Vital Signs, I & O, specimen collection, WBG, Weights, Isolation, hot and cold pads and SCD’s. Respectfully takes direction from medical professionals and reports changes in patient condition timely Assists in maintaining equipment and reports any faulty or unsafe equipment. Collects, compiles and organizes data for stats as designated. Assists with maintaining equipment and reports all faulty equipment.
Requirements
- Computer skills
- Good technical skills: vital signs, specimen collection, weights, isolation, hot/cold packs
- Able to prioritize and multitask
- Good time management
- Accurately documents care provided: Activity, Meals, I & O, Vital Signs, Weights, Swing Bed activities and ADL assessments
Nice To Haves
- High School Graduate
Responsibilities
- Coordinate activities at the Nurses Station
- Receptionist duties
- General clerical duties
- Information management duties with computer skills
- Provide direct patient care, both medical and non-medical
- Assure the maintenance of a safe and clean environment
- Complete assignments and assists others willingly
- Answer call lights
- Greet and direct patients, visitors and hospital personnel
- Assist in room preparation, admissions and discharges
- Assist patients with activities and meal time set up
- Assist with ambulation, transfers, positioning, and dressing
- Attend to physical and emotional needs
- Admit patients with knowledge about inpatient/outpatient status
- Obtain charts
- Use order entry for physician orders, specimen collections, equipment repairs and dietary needs
- Perform duties independently with little or no supervision
- Take vital signs
- Collect specimens
- Take weights
- Assist with isolation procedures
- Apply hot/cold packs
- Cooperate in unit cleaning, maintenance, and restocking
- Maintain knowledge of phone system, pager system, and alarms
- Prioritize and multitask
- Adapt to changes in workload
- Take direction from medical professionals
- Follow stat orders
- Treat patients with dignity and respect
- Provide for privacy in all cares
- Make hourly rounds
- Assist patients with activities of daily living
- Accurately document care provided
- Assist with admissions and discharges
- Maintain equipment and reports any faulty or unsafe equipment
- Collect, compile and organize data for stats as designated
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
