NURSING ASST (CERT)

UHS•Jacksonville, FL

About The Position

The Nursing Assistant serves as an active member of the clinical staff and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients. The role helps maintain a safe, clean, therapeutic environment, supports patient participation in program activities, and performs technical and patient-care duties related to patients’ health and safety. The position requires a current C.N.A. certificate. The assistant may obtain vital signs and administer oxygen, UDS tests, UCG tests, and ECG testing only when specifically trained. The role also assists patients with activities of daily living and may need to help physically restrain a patient when necessary. The job involves communication and documentation, including recording patient behavior and clinical records such as Q15 quality checks. The employee must communicate effectively with acute mental health and addiction patients, their families, physicians, and treatment staff, and remain calm while recognizing and verbally de-escalating escalating situations.

Requirements

Current C.N.A. certification.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write patient behavior documentation, clinical records, routine reports, and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively with acute mental health and addiction patients, their family members, physicians, and treatment staff, both individually and before groups.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out written, oral, or illustrative instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving acute mental health patients, verbally de-escalate patients, and remain calm in stressful situations.
Ability to recognize when a situation with a patient or patients is becoming escalated and communicate concerns to treatment staff.
Ability to perform the physical duties described, including assisting with patient restraints when necessary.
Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 75 pounds.
Vision abilities including close, distance, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

A minimum of 1 year of experience with psychiatric or addiction patients is preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as an active member of the clinical staff.
Maintain therapeutic relationships with patients.
Help maintain a safe, clean, therapeutic environment.
Assure patient participation in program activities.
Perform technical and patient-care duties related to patients’ health and safety.
Document patient behavior, clinical records including Q15 quality checks, routine reports, and correspondence.
Communicate with patients, family members, physicians, and other treatment staff.
Recognize situations that may be escalating and communicate concerns to other treatment staff.
Verbally de-escalate patients and remain calm in stressful situations.
Obtain vital signs and administer oxygen, UDS tests, UCG tests, and ECG testing when specifically trained.
Assist patients with activities of daily living.
Assist with physically restraining a patient when necessary.