Nursing Assistant (part-time)
About The Position
This recruitment is being conducted to fill multiple vacancies at San Joaquin General Hospital and to establish a referral pool to fill future vacancies. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of an application. A completed application must be postmarked or received online by the final filing deadlineOffers of employment are contingent upon passing a background check, drug screening, and an arduous physical. NOTE: All correspondences relating to this recruitment will be delivered via e-mail. The e-mail account used will be the one provided on your employment application during time of submittal. Please be sure to check your e-mail often for updates. If you do not have an e-mail account on file, Human Resources will send you correspondences via US Mail.
Requirements
- EITHER I Experience: Six months as a Nursing Assistant Trainee at San Joaquin County General Hospital.
- OR II Experience: Six months performing non-professional nursing work in an acute care hospital.
- OR III Experience: One year performing non-professional nursing work in a convalescent hospital, home health care agency or similar sub-acute facility.
- Substitution: Successful completion of appropriate clinical training in a Licensed Vocational Nurse or Registered Nurse curriculum may be substituted for the required experience.
- Special Requirement: Specialized training or experience may be required for assignment to or continued assignment to specialized areas.
- Basic arithmetic, basic hygiene and health standards; basic institutional safety procedures including safe lifting techniques; basic hospital sanitation practices; names, uses and care of patient care supplies; behavior of patients.
- Work well with others, attend to the personal needs of the physically and mentally ill; accurately take and record vital signs; deal with patients sympathetically and tactfully; follow oral and written instructions in exact detail; utilize advanced office equipment and computers; lift and move patients; practice excellent customer relations.
Responsibilities
- Performs routine work in the care of patients, including making beds, changing linens, giving baths and rubs, caring for incontinent patients, lifting, moving and transporting patients; cares for personal effects of patients.
- Measures and records patient intake and output of foods and fluids as directed; collects urine, stool and sputum specimens; tests urine and records results; may give non-medicated enemas.
- Assists professional staff in performing tests, procedures and examinations of patients in critical care units.
- Serves trays, feeds patients, and removes trays.
- Takes and records vital signs including temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure.
- Maintains patient unit in a neat and clean manner; maintains supplies; removes soiled linen and re-stocks supplies.
- Assists in a central supply unit; cleans, sterilizes, packages, sets up and distributes medical equipment, linen and related supplies.
- May assist in ambulance or clinic car service; may administer CPR, use resuscitation equipment and administer first aid.
- Keeps routine records and reports.
- Participates in staff development training programs.
Benefits
- Part-time employees who meet the appropriate eligibility criteria may receive health insurance benefits and step increases.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
