Student Nursing Assistant

BMC Software•Brockton, MA

3d•$17 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

Works under the direction and general supervision of the Nurse Director/Manager, Charge Nurse, or Registered Nurse, in accordance with hospital policies and procedures. Assists professional nursing staff with routine patient care, communication, comfort, safety, documentation, and treatments. Provides direct clinical and support services to patients and families across the health care continuum, supporting quality and safe care delivery. This per-diem role is assigned to the Med Surg Unit 9-2A. Under RN direction, the Student Nursing Assistant performs delegated patient-care tasks, collects and documents patient data, promptly communicates changes in condition, and supports patient hygiene, comfort, mobility, testing, procedures, and room readiness. The role also involves maintaining a safe and clean environment, complying with hospital standards and regulations, protecting confidentiality, and adapting to changing patient and unit needs.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Meet one of the following education pathways: completion of specialized medical training, such as a Medical Assistant program, at an accredited institution; or current enrollment in an accredited nursing program and successful completion of Fundamentals of Nursing and at least one semester of nursing skills lab or simulation.
Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Basic Life Support (BLS) certifications.
At least one year of recent CNA experience, or nursing-student status with at least one semester of nursing skills lab or simulation completed.
Ability to effectively speak, read, and write English.
Ability to perform basic math and quantitative measurements, including height, weight, abdominal girth, urine output, and calorie counts.
Ability to accurately interpret and use basic medical terminology and abbreviations.
Ability to enter and retrieve computerized information and data.
Ability to pass clinical competency testing and basic math and abbreviation tests.
Physical ability to push, transfer, and pull heavy loads, including independently transporting an average-sized patient by wheelchair or stretcher throughout the assigned shift.
Physical ability to meet core job requirements in accordance with the demands of the practice setting and patient populations served.
Effective interpersonal skills for interacting with nursing staff, patients, families and visitors, physicians, and other hospital staff.
Organizational skills to set priorities and complete assigned work efficiently.
Ability to manage stress related to patient care, organizational change, and personnel issues.

Nice To Haves

Multilingual skills in languages appropriate to the patient populations served by the Medical Center.

Responsibilities

Perform patient-care interventions delegated by the registered nurse and collaborate with the RN to establish assignments and priorities.
Communicate task completion, patient data findings, patient-condition changes, and monitoring alarms to the RN promptly.
Identify oneself to patients, visitors, and staff as a nursing student and wear the appropriate identifying badge.
Collect and accurately document patient data, including vital signs, intake and output, blood sugar, weights, and restraint care and monitoring.
Respond promptly to patient call lights and make routine rounds to address patient needs.
Provide or assist with basic patient hygiene, including bathing, oral care, shaving, perineal and bowel care, catheter care, and related tasks.
Provide basic skin care, assist with turning and repositioning, and apply non-medicated ointments, elastic stockings, ace wraps, and venodynes as appropriate.
Set up patients for meals, assist with feeding, and record calorie counts and intake and output.
Assist nursing and health team members with treatments and procedures, including basic preoperative preparation.
Collect, label, and transport specimens with the appropriate laboratory documentation.
Assist with patient ambulation using safe techniques and apply safety devices, hydraulic lifts, or bed scales as needed.
Recognize emergency or crisis situations and initiate the appropriate response, communicating events to the RN.
Perform basic tests and technical tasks, including EKGs, phlebotomy, guaiac and glucose testing, oxygen saturation, and other listed measurements and assessments.
Maintain competence in additional technical skills that may include PD cycler setup, cast and splint care, external monitor application, GU irrigation setup, chest tube and arterial line setup, basic ostomy care, and quad coughing.
Address non-clinical information and comfort needs, orient patients and visitors, keep personal care items accessible, distribute nourishments and mail, change linens and clothing, and perform errands or other duties assigned by the RN.
Answer the telephone, identify the unit and role, respond within the role's scope, and deliver messages promptly.
Work cooperatively with staff, address interpersonal conflicts appropriately, and seek assistance from the RN or supervisor when needed.
Participate in staff meetings and in-services, review unit minutes and clinical updates, maintain an accurate Healthstream education record, and maintain required competencies.
Comply with practice standards, hospital policies and procedures, protocols, guidelines, and applicable regulations.
Follow dress code requirements and wear a visible hospital identification badge identifying the employee as a nursing student assistant.
Adapt to changing patient and unit needs, including assisting other team members, floating to other units, and adjusting assignments.
Coordinate breaks with the charge nurse or supervisor and remain visible on the unit, notifying appropriate staff before leaving the work area.
Deliver care respectfully and without judgment or discrimination, with sensitivity to patient diversity.
Protect the confidentiality of patient, employee, and hospital information.
Maintain a safe, clean, and appropriately equipped environment; perform spot and biological-spill cleaning and assist with equipment sonic-cleaning logistics.
Identify broken or expired equipment and supplies, remove them from service, notify nursing staff, and deliver equipment for repair as requested.