Nursing Assistant

Owensboro Health • Greenville, KY

43d • Onsite

About The Position

Participates in and successfully completes the certified nursing assistant (SRNA) program.

Requirements

• Requires critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
• Works under minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• No experience required
• High school diploma, General Equivalency Diploma (GED) or higher preferred
• SRNA - Certified as State Registered Nurse Assistant in the state of Kentucky required within 6 months of employment in this position
• BLS - Certified as a Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider required within 90 days of employment in this position

Responsibilities

• Learns to greet and orient new patients to hospital environment and to provide directions or instructions to patients and guests.
• Learns to contribute to the assessment of patients by collecting data for review by a nurse.
• Learns to document patient progress toward goals and ensures documentation is accurate, complete, specific, and timely.
• Learns to assist nursing staff to identify physical, psychosocial, age-specific, and cultural considerations of each patient.
• Learns to work with the nursing staff to provide personal care according to organizational standards and policies.
• Learns to report abnormal findings.
• Learns to update diet orders and verifies tray deliveries meet diet requirements.
• Learns to electronically transfer patients in and out of the unit including facilitation of direct admit process, completion of discharge in electronic medial record (EMR), assembling paper-lite chart, and assisting with patient bed placement.
• Learns to arrange for patient transport services.
• Learns to enter work orders and obtain supplies from materials.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees