Nursing Assistant- 3W Nights

Advocate Health • Macon, GA

4d • $20 - $30 • Onsite

About The Position

The Nursing Assistant provides physical care to patients according to AHF and unit standards, supports admission, transfer, and discharge procedures, and communicates effectively with patients, families, coworkers, and the health care team. The role includes routine and complex care activities as determined by unit needs, along with maintaining a safe, clean, and comfortable care environment. The assistant contributes to unit quality outcomes, participates in quality improvement and meetings, maintains required competencies, and follows hospital, division, and unit policies and expectations.

This is a full-time position on the 3 West medical/surgical unit at Navicent Health Medical Center. The schedule is nights, consisting of three 12-hour shifts with alternating weekends, for 36 hours per week. The listed pay range is $19.80–$29.70.

The position requires a high school diploma or GED and the ability to communicate with patients, staff, and coworkers. Preferred qualifications include BLS and CPI certification, CNA certification, and one year of experience caring for patients and dealing with the public. The work involves substantial standing and walking, frequent bending and other movement, patient transfers and transport, lifting and carrying, and tolerance for busy, noisy environments and noxious odors.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Ability to communicate with patients, staff, and coworkers.
• Ability to perform the physical demands of the role, including prolonged walking and standing; bending, stooping, sitting, reaching, squatting, kneeling, and rapid position changes; assisting with transfers and transporting patients, supplies, or equipment; lifting 25–60 pounds and carrying 25–50 pounds; and tolerating high noise, busy atmospheres, and noxious odors.
• Ability to use near and distance visual acuity and communicate in person and by phone or radio.
• Functional range of motion in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine and upper and lower extremities, with grip strength of 60–80 pounds, as specified by the job class evaluation.

Nice To Haves

• BLS certification.
• CPI certification.
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification.
• One year of experience caring for patients and dealing with the public.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care, including bathing, oral hygiene, perineal care, linen changes, and hair care.
• Provide pre- and post-operative or procedure care, post-mortem care, and care for patients in restraints and patients with infectious diseases or latex allergies.
• Place electrodes for cardiac, respiratory, and/or fetal monitoring as appropriate.
• Assist patients with ambulation, exercise, positioning, transfers, and transportation.
• Follow skin care protocols and help identify patients at risk for falls and prevent falls.
• Accurately perform and document intake and output, vital signs, weights, glucose monitoring, and other monitoring, including computerized charting; promptly report abnormal findings and patient concerns to the nurse.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and comfortable patient environment, including appropriate handling of body fluids and cleaning of equipment between patients.
• Use proper body mechanics, lift techniques, and available resources.
• Assist with timely admissions, transfers, and discharges; explain the physical environment and communication devices; complete required documentation; manage patient belongings; remove unused equipment and supplies; and use the discharge process, including bed tracking.
• Communicate patient and family issues in a timely and appropriate manner; build therapeutic relationships; follow appropriate lines of authority; maintain confidentiality; resolve conflict; and contribute to satisfaction improvements.
• Demonstrate time management, prioritization, teamwork, problem solving, critical thinking, organization, and timely responses to patient and nurse needs.
• Maintain unit supplies, equipment, and cleanliness by restocking, reporting broken or missing equipment, ensuring appropriate charges, maintaining equipment, and using supplies, linen, and dietary items appropriately.
• Participate in quality assurance and performance improvement activities and at least 50% of unit meetings; read and initial minutes for meetings not attended.
• Keep current with relevant policies and procedures, maintain competency, demonstrate Cultural Commitments, and support organizational and departmental goals.
• Perform required complex-care activities as determined by unit needs, which may include preceptor duties, glucose monitoring and quality checks, respiratory care such as tracheostomy care and suctioning, CPR, dressing changes, monitoring drainage tubes, equipment setup, and administering and monitoring tube feedings.
• Help achieve unit quality scores meeting or exceeding hospital or national averages for nurse-sensitive indicators such as skin breakdown and falls.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Competitive compensation, with potential shift and on-call premium pay, incentive pay for select positions, and annual increases based on performance.
• Career development and well-being programs.

What This Job Offers

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