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About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One year of hospital experience.
• Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program, Medical Corpsman program, or EMT program; alternatively, enrollment in a recognized School of Nursing with completion of the first semester containing clinical concepts and health assessment or equivalent.
• Alternatively, documentation of completion of two or more specified additional competencies, such as emergency dispatch, POCT test site manager, HUC cross-training, patient care assistant trainer, unit audits, cast placement, high-level disinfection, procedure setup and assistance, language assistance, burn tub room duties, or INQN, IDERAD, or PACS system resource/user duties.
• Current BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Collect, report, and document patient data, including vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and specimens.
• Obtain blood samples by venipuncture, acquire 12-lead EKGs, and perform and report point-of-care testing (POCT).
• Assist with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse or designee and indicated by the patient’s plan of care.
• Provide personal hygiene and related care, including bathing, oral suctioning, superficial wound care, elimination assistance, incontinence and urinary catheter care, cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and ostomy care.
• Assist with feeding.
• Ambulate, position, and turn patients, including patients with altered mobility.
• Assist with patient admission, transfer, and discharge.
• Prepare and chaperone patients during examinations and procedures, and assist with other patient treatments.
• Promote patient safety based on age and condition; assist with restraints and maintain patient-specific safety precautions.
• Collect, report, and document data related to patient needs, emergencies, and unusual patient or family behavior.
• Provide care for patients from a correctional environment.
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality of information and health records.
• Maintain a clean, safe patient care environment and perform or assist with aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures.
• Maintain appropriate supplies in patient care areas and assist with patient requests for other hospital services.
• Participate in one leadership activity per fiscal year.
• Perform video monitoring duties as assigned.
• Adhere to internal controls and reporting structure and perform related duties as required.