Nurse Attendant

Job Description

Under direction and supervision of Registered Nurse, assists patients with activities of daily living, provides basic nursing care, and assists in maintenance of a safe and clean environment.

Job Responsibility

* * Functions as a co-worker to the nurse and a key member of the nursing care team:

* Organizes patient care assignment and sets priorities.

* Alerts RN co-worker to changes in patient status i.e., alteration in comfort, skin integrity, alterations in breathing pattern, etc.

* Documents patient care and patient status changes on the appropriate chart forms.

* Communicates routine information to RN periodically during shift i.e., intake and output.

* * Assists RN in providing for ADL needs of patients:

* Prepares patients for meals, and feeds or assists with meals.

* Provides between meal nourishment and fresh water to patients.

* Bathes or assists patient to bathe, provides oral hygiene.

* Toilets patients as necessary.

* Maintains patient's mobility with range of motion exercises and ambulation.

* Grooms patient, including shaving, as needed.

* Participates with the RN in the development of a plan of care for assigned patient.

* Utilizes a plan of care in carrying out patient assignments.

* * Maintains patient care units in a neat and orderly condition:

* Changes and makes beds.

* Cleans and straightens bedside table and overbed tables, as needed.

* Strips patient units upon discharge of patient, in preparation for cleaning by Housekeeping Department.

* Removes equipment from room.

Cleans and place it in appropriate are.

* Prepares room for new admissions, transfers and post-operative patients.

* * Assists Registered Nurse by performing selected procedures and simple treatments:

* Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration rate and B.P on admission and as assigned.

* Measures and records fluid intake and output; totals at shift end.

* Obtains specimens, such as urine, stool and sputum.

* Administers enemas, as directed.

* Weighs and records patient weight on admission and as indicated.

* Shave patients as instructed in preparation for procedures.

* Performs simple procedures utilizing aseptic technique (i.e - applying and changing simple dressings).Performs simple respiratory treatments, as required (i.e - suctioning).

* * Performs a variety of related duties:

* Assists patients in and out of bed, ambulates patients, lifts, turns and positions patients.

* Assists with serving of meals; positions patient, cleans overbed table, and helps distribute and collect trays.

* Transports and accompanies patients to various departments, as directed.

* Reports missing or damaged equipment to Unit Service Coordinator.

* Maintains non-patient rooms (i.e., utility rooms, linen rooms, kitchens, etc.) in a neat and orderly condition.

* Maintains cleanliness of patient care equipment.

* Performs constant observation on selected patients as assigned.

* Follows medical Center's policies and procedures to support QA/QI efforts in patient care and services.

* Performs post-mortem care and transports body to morgue.

* * Takes part in Nursing's continuing education policy by:

* Attending nursing attendant course during orientation program.

* Participating and completing annual mandatory educational requirements.

* Attending nursing attendant staff development programs offered throughout the year.

* Performs related duties, as required.

* ADA Essential Functions

Job Qualification

* High School Diploma or equivalent, required.

* Completion of Nurse Assistant course or equivalent, required.

ORPrior experience as a Nursing Attendant or equivalent, required.

* NYS Nurse Attendant certification, preferred.

* Ability to communicate effectively, and follow written and/or oral instructions.

* Ability to work in diversified settings.

Ability to lift, turn, position, etc. Patients, as required.

* Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.

When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).