Nursing Care Assist II​/Health Unit Coordinator; CNA II - Duke Regional Hospital Delivery Room - PRN

Position: Nursing Care Assist II/Health Unit Coordinator (CNA II) - Duke Regional Hospital Delivery Room - PRN
At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

About Duke Regional Hospital

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. With 388 beds it is the second largest of Duke Health's four hospitals and offers a comprehensive range ofmedical, surgical, and diagnostic services, including orthopedics, weight-loss surgery, women's services, and heart and vascular services.

Duke Nursing Highlights:

• Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet organization
• Nurses from each hospital are consistently recognized each year as North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses.
• Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
• Duke University Health System has 6000 + registered nurses
• Quality of Life:
  Living in the Triangle!
• Relocation Assistance (based on eligibility)

Nursing Care Assistant II/Health Unit Coordinator (CNA II) - Delivery Room

The Delivery Room is a multi-bed unit that provides safe, high-quality care for mothers and newborns during labor, delivery, and immediate recovery. A skilled team works collaboratively to ensure patient safety and a supportive, family-centered birth experience, with the ability to respond quickly to complications.

What you will do:

The Nursing Assistant (NA) works with the Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to provide patient care. They perform tasks assigned by the RN/LPN, including basic hands-on care and helping care for acutely ill patients.

The NA supports both direct patient care and unit coordination, while maintaining a clean, safe, and well-stocked environment. They follow infection control practices, respect patient privacy and cultural differences, and respond appropriately in emergencies.

The role also includes documenting care in the electronic health record, completing basic clerical tasks, and maintaining clear communication with the care team. NAs are expected to follow all policies, maintain required skills, and perform duties within the NC Board of Nursing scope (NCA I & II), working NCA II shifts at least 75% of the time.

• Prepare patients, equipment and supplies for specific procedures and provide manual assistance as required.
• Obtain and record patient data for medical records noting and informing RN/LPN of information collected.
• Administer treatment and personal care procedures to patients including, but not limited to, feeding, bathing, hair care, changing clothing, nail care, bed-making, assisting with ambulation, enemas, skin care, and bowel and bladder elimination; provide such additional care as required to meet the personal needs and comfort of assigned patients.
• Participate in teaching activities by reinforcing teaching instructed by RN and/or providers as needed.
• Assist providers and nurses with physical examinations by helping position patients, changing non-sterile dressing and weighing patients.
• Take and record vital signs, record I&O, and apply ice bags. Note and report any changes in patient's condition. Turn and position patients, set up and feed patients as necessary, provide patients with fresh drinking water.
• Perform finger sticks for blood glucose testing, with appropriate training, document and notify RN/LPN.
• Assist with admission, discharge, and transportation of patients. Follow standard precautions and use personal protective equipment as required.
• Collect, deliver and conduct routine tests on patient specimens. Clean assigned area; stock and replenish supplies and equipment as required.
• Participate in own professional development by maintaining required skills validation and attending educational offerings. Support the development of other staff and formal learners.
• May also perform clean dressing change for wounds over 48 hours old.
• Perform a variety of clerical tasks involved in operating the organization's patient care information system. Acknowledge orders on EMR task list, verify printout and input verified orders to request diets, treatments, nursing services, equipment and diagnostic and laboratory tests and procedures.
• Assemble and maintain patient charts from admission through discharge. Prepare and upload paper documents into the electronic medical record (EMR).
• Navigate electronic medical record, access patient information, generate reports, schedule appointments and manage task list.
• Assign nursing staff to communication systems.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
• In addition to the NCA I duties outlined, the following duties may be performed: sterile dressing change for wounds over 48 hours old and wound irrigation; IV fluid assistance activities; oral/nasogastric feeding; urinary catheterization and irrigation; oxygen therapy, including room…