Nursing Assistant Medical Telemetry

Mount Nittany Health • State College, PA

3d

About The Position

The Nursing Assistant provides direct and indirect patient care under the direct supervision of a professional nurse and is responsible to the Unit Director, Manager, or designee for overall practice. The role performs assigned duties under frequent direction and regular review. When the designated manager is absent, the Nursing Assistant is responsible to the Nursing Supervisor, Charge Nurse, or Nursing House Supervisor of the shift. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Direct patient care includes providing basic hygiene and assistance with activities of daily living; preparing and transporting patients; responding to call lights and relaying messages; taking and recording vital signs, height, and weight; measuring and recording intake and output; distributing water and nourishment; assisting with admissions, discharges, and transfers; caring for patients’ personal belongings; performing bedside glucose testing; and documenting care and observations. The Nursing Assistant also helps maintain a safe, orderly patient environment and reports changes in a patient’s physical or mental function to the team leader or charge nurse.

Indirect duties include supporting the care team with restocking supplies, delivering specimens and requisitions, assembling charts, running errands, cleaning instruments, and answering and relaying telephone messages. Other related duties may be assigned.

Mount Nittany Health describes its work as providing high-quality patient care through clinical technology and compassionate medical professionals, with a commitment to improving the quality and availability of healthcare in the region.

Requirements

• High school graduate or GED.
• Update knowledge and skills on an ongoing basis, including successful completion and maintenance of job-related competencies.
• Function effectively as a team member and liaison between patients and staff.
• Support and encourage harmonious communication.
• Use verbal, non-verbal, and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate mental and emotional tolerance, tact, sensitivity, and sound judgment.
• Communicate in a highly professional manner.
• Meet the American Heart Association’s standards for Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) and renew BLS every two years.
• If Nursing Assistant Certified, hold certification from the state of Pennsylvania.

Nice To Haves

• Completion of a patient care training course.
• Previous experience in a position involving patient care activity.
• Nursing Assistant Certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic hygienic care, including bathing, oral hygiene, and skin care.
• Prepare patients for transport and transport them as directed.
• Assist patients with activities of daily living, including getting in and out of bed, feeding, and dressing.
• Respond to patient call lights and requests, and relay messages to the team leader or charge nurse.
• Take and record vital signs, height, and weight as directed.
• Change linens as needed.
• Measure and record intake and output correctly.
• Distribute drinking water and nourishment to patients.
• Administer sitz baths and hot or cold applications as directed.
• Assist with admissions, discharges, and transfers as directed.
• Assist patients with the handling and care of clothing and personal property, including dentures, glasses, hearing aids, and prosthetic devices.
• Label patient belongings and personal care items.
• Record and report hygiene care provided, patient complaints, and observations.
• Set up equipment when trained.
• Perform pre-operative shaving as directed.
• Perform bedside glucose testing.
• Maintain a safe environment by keeping side rails up after care, keeping call bells and needed articles within reach, maintaining neat and uncluttered rooms, reporting changes in patient function, and keeping hallways clear.
• Cooperate with team members to restock supplies, deliver specimens to the lab, assemble charts, deliver requisitions, and run errands.
• Clean instruments.
• Answer the telephone and relay messages.
• Document care provided.
• Perform related, miscellaneous, and other assigned duties.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED