Nursing Assistant, per diem varied, Kahn 3-Medical Step-Down Unit, Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center
About The Position
The Nursing Assistant will provide direct patient care, assist with ADLs, hygiene, mobility, toileting, and emotional support. They will administer basic treatments, support nursing personnel, measure and record daily weights, discontinue foley catheters, measure and record vital signs, I&Os, and monitor patient condition. The role also involves performing EKGs and blood glucose monitoring. Additionally, the Nursing Assistant will report changes in patient condition, participate in daily Huddles, and document timely in the patients’ medical record. They must demonstrate flexibility in responding to patient needs, complete assignments, work as a team member, and seek approval for reprioritization. The position requires answering call lights promptly, ensuring call bells and telephones are within reach, cleaning and stocking rooms, checking patient IDs, maintaining neat and clean patient rooms, responding to bed and chair alarms, and performing duties as a Patient Safety Technician as needed. The Nursing Assistant will also provide emotional support to patients and significant others, observe and respond to emotional needs, report observations to the RN, seek information regarding teaching goals, and provide consistent reinforcement of RN instructions. Equipment care includes maintaining logs, reporting lost or damaged equipment, returning rental equipment, keeping equipment clean and charged, notifying associates of equipment needing repair, and orienting new staff in equipment care. The role also requires adherence to safety standards, observation and maintenance of isolation precautions, following hand washing protocol, maintaining a clean work environment, proper use and storage of equipment, and wearing communication devices according to policy. The position requires working in a fast-paced environment with positive customer service skills.
Requirements
- Knowledgeable of the normal values and ranges for vital signs and I&O’s.
- Must work in a fast-paced environment with positive customer service skills.
Responsibilities
- Assists with ADLs, hygiene, mobility, toileting, and emotional support.
- Administers basic treatments (e.g. dressing changes, telemetry, specimen collection).
- Supports nursing personnel in providing direct patient care.
- Assists patients with daily activities.
- Measures and records daily weights.
- Discontinues foley catheters.
- Measures and records vital signs, I&Os, and monitors patient condition.
- Performs EKG’s and blood glucose monitoring.
- Reports changes in patient condition to the primary nurse.
- Participates in daily Huddle.
- Documents timely in the patients’ medical record.
- Demonstrates flexibility in responding to patient needs while completing assignments.
- Completes all assignments unless otherwise directed by charge nurse.
- Works as a team member in meeting the unit needs.
- Seeks approval for reprioritization of more complex events deviating from original assignment.
- Performs activities as needed without supervision.
- Answers call lights promptly and courteously and provides interventions as appropriate.
- Ensures call bell and telephone are within reach of patient prior to leaving patient room.
- Cleans, stocks and sets up rooms for arriving patients.
- Checks for appropriate patient IDs including falls and allergy.
- Ensures patient rooms are neat and clean.
- Recognizes need for and responds to all bed and chair alarms in an expeditious manner.
- Works as Patient Safety Technician as needed.
- Rounds with purpose using appropriate scripting.
- Gives report to oncoming shift.
- Observes and responds to emotional needs of patient and/or significant other.
- Reports observations to RN for follow up.
- Seeks information regarding teaching goals for individual patients.
- Observes RN instructions to patients and provides consistent reinforcement as needed.
- Maintains log of all equipment sent to Clinical Engineering for repair.
- Reports all lost or equipment unable to be repaired to charge nurse.
- Returns rental equipment in a timely manner with patient identification.
- Keeps equipment cleaned and charged.
- Notifies unit associate of equipment needing repair and attaches appropriate repair tag.
- Orients new staff in care of equipment.
- Adheres to OSHA, Joint Commission, Board of Health and hospital standards.
- Observes and maintains isolation precautions.
- Follows hand washing protocol.
- Maintains a clean and clutter free work environment.
- Uses and stores equipment properly.
- Wears and uses communication devices (Vocera) according to policy.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
- Life & AD&D Insurance.
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
- 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
- PTO & Paid Sick Leave
- Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
- Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
- Backup and On-Site Childcare
- Well-Being Rewards
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
- Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
- Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
