NURSING ASSISTANT - 6 MAIN

Independence Health System • Butler Township, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Nursing Assistant assists in the safe care of patients on the 6 Main unit as directed. The role also helps maintain safe and efficient unit operations and uses excellent customer service skills. The Nursing Assistant is permitted to change patients from portable oxygen to wall oxygen.

This is a part-time position for 20 hours per week, with a day/evening rotation. Listed shifts are 6:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m., and 6:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m. The position is non-exempt and located at Butler Memorial Hospital.

The role requires Healthcare Provider CPR and Comprehensive Crisis Management per policy. The employee is responsible for safely accessing, transporting, and handling single-dose prescription and non-prescription medications, as well as sharps such as needles, suture kits, lancets, and syringes.

Physical demands include frequent standing, stooping, bending, twisting, overhead reaching, grasping, and pushing; constant walking, finger manipulation, seeing, hearing, and repetitive upper-extremity use; and occasional sitting, climbing, stair use, kneeling, squatting, crouching, crawling, horizontal reaching, pulling, floor-to-waist lifting, and carrying. The position also involves occasional work in cramped quarters, frequent interruptions and working with hands in water, occasional constant-noise exposure and exposure to bloodborne pathogens. Cardiovascular demands are sedentary to light frequently and medium occasionally.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Healthcare Provider CPR.
• Comprehensive Crisis Management per policy.
• Ability to safely access, transport, and handle single-dose prescription and non-prescription medications and sharps.
• Previous experience working as a nursing assistant in an acute care facility is preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Current enrollment in or completion of a nursing assistant training program.
• Previous experience working as a nursing assistant in an acute care facility.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the safe care of patients on the 6 Main unit as directed.
• Help maintain safe and efficient unit operations.
• Use excellent customer service skills.
• Change patients from portable oxygen to wall oxygen as permitted.
• Safely access, transport, and handle single-dose prescription and non-prescription medications.
• Safely access, transport, and handle sharps, including needles, suture kits, lancets, and syringes.

What This Job Offers

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