PWH Short Stay Surgical, FT night shift Nursing Assistant

Prisma Health•Greenville, SC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nursing Assistant assists with patient care according to each patient’s individualized plan of care. Under delegation, the role performs basic nursing activities, collects data, monitors and documents patient status, and informs the RN about care activities, observations, or changes in condition. The Nursing Assistant maintains patient confidentiality, uses safe patient-handling practices, and helps keep the patient environment neat and clean.

Requirements

Completion of a nursing assistant or patient care technician program.
Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification.
Basic computer and data-entry skills.
Mathematical skills.
Working knowledge of patient equipment, including suction, vital-sign equipment, and defibrillators.
No experience required.

Responsibilities

Assist patients with activities of daily living; turn and reposition patients independently or with assistance; and, when needed, transport patients and help them walk.
Assist with fall-prevention interventions and patient restraints as delegated.
Provide care delegated by the RN, including non-sterile soaks, simple non-sterile dressings, and perineal care.
Collect vital signs, fluid intake and output, and basic and sterile specimens; document and maintain data in the medical record; and inform the RN of activities, observations, and changes in patient status.
Run errands, answer the telephone, and respond to call lights.
Perform point-of-care testing when trained and delegated by the RN, and report laboratory values to the RN.
Provide and document comfort measures and non-pharmacological pain management.
Maintain confidentiality, use safe patient-handling practices, and help maintain a neat and clean patient environment.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Comply with Prisma Health’s purpose: “Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.”