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About The Position
The Unit Clerk/Nurse's Aide provides essential support to the nursing team by monitoring patients, supporting adult patient care, and fostering collaboration across disciplines. The role includes continuous observation of cardiac monitor patterns and communicating significant changes, using the H.I.S. computer system, serving as a unit representative, greeting patients, maintaining census logs, and supporting team members. The position also performs delegated basic patient-care tasks, including hygiene, measuring vital signs, weights and intake/output, assisting with ambulation and patient transport, positioning patients, and performing range-of-motion exercises. The Unit Clerk/Nurse's Aide maintains a clean patient-care area, completes delegated unit assignments, reports observations about patient status to the RN, and takes responsibility for competency and ongoing evaluation of performance.
Requirements
- Acute care experience within the last two years; candidates without recent acute care experience will be considered individually.
- Completion of education for a certified nursing assistant (CNA), or equivalent work experience.
- Completion of education to become a unit clerk.
- Certified Nursing Assistant.
- California Basic Life Support (BLS) – CPR.
Responsibilities
- Continuously observe cardiac monitor patterns and recognize and communicate significant changes.
- Use the H.I.S. computer system.
- Serve as a unit representative, greet patients, and maintain census logs.
- Support the care of adult patients and build collaborative relationships across disciplines.
- Provide basic patient care, including bathing, grooming, oral care, perineal care, and backrubs.
- Measure and accurately record vital signs, weights, and intake and output within expected time frames.
- Safely assist with ambulating, lifting, moving, and transporting patients as delegated.
- Position patients and perform range-of-motion exercises.
- Maintain a clean patient-care area.
- Complete delegated unit assignments.
- Report observations regarding patient status to the RN.
- Take responsibility for competency, evaluate performance, and stay informed about developments in nursing and the clinical specialty.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
