Nursing Assistant - Transplant and Intermediate Care Unit FT, Day

Prisma Health•Greenville, SC

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Assists the Registered Nurse in providing patient care based on the individualized plan of care. Performs basic nursing activities as delegated, collects data, monitors and documents patient status, protects patient confidentiality, follows safe patient-handling practices, reports activities and observations or changes in patient status to the RN, and maintains a neat and clean patient environment. The position is a non-management role at Greenville Memorial Hospital in the Transplant and Intermediate Care Unit, working the day shift.

Requirements

No previous experience required.
All team members are expected to be knowledgeable about and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose: “Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.”

Nice To Haves

Completion of a nursing assistant program preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist patients with activities of daily living and hygiene; turn and reposition patients independently or with assistance; and help with transportation and walking.
Assist adult and pediatric patients with age-appropriate toileting needs, including emptying established colostomy bags and urinary catheter removal.
Assist with delegated fall-prevention interventions and patient restraints.
Remove and reapply anti-emboli hose or compression devices.
Prepare rooms for admissions, greet patients, and orient patients and families to the unit and its bed, call light, phone, and television.
Take and record vital signs, repeating questionable values.
Prepare patients for meals, assist with feeding, and provide snacks and supplements.
Collect urine, stool, and sputum specimens and deliver them to the appropriate department as requested.
Complete accurate and timely documentation in the EMR.
Maintain cleanliness and order in hospital rooms, utility rooms, the diet kitchen, hallways, and alcoves; dispose of excess linen and keep linen emptied.
Perform point-of-care testing as trained and delegated by the RN, and report lab values to the RN.
Maintain confidentiality, use safe patient-handling practices, and inform the RN of activities performed, patient observations, and changes in patient status.
Perform other duties as assigned.