Nursing Assistant Med​/Surg

Description

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Provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic or home health care setting. All work performed is under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician.

• Assist physicians and other healthcare providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations.
• In the psychiatric setting, aids patients in reality orientation, participates in behavior modification plans/therapy, provides informal support therapy to patients/families, provides verbal de‑escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aids in the physical management of aggressive/out‑of‑control patients, facilitates age appropriate play for children, and monitors the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met.
• Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly reports significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or physician.
• Provides assistance to patients and their families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, and discharge.
• Provides care/treatments to patients as outlined in plan of care including, but not limited to, the measurement of vital signs, height and weight, specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, postural drainage, and supportive patient and family interactions.
• Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and assisting with ambulation.
• Provides indirect care to patients and assigned area to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, changing linens, re‑stocking supplies, cleaning/sterilizing instruments, transporting patients/supplies/specimens, assisting in the orientation of new employees and students, and some routine clerical functions.
• Reinforces routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and documents patient understanding of instructions. Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients and/or healthcare providers.

• None required as long as all other position requirements are met.

• Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

• Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience.

• Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills.

• Legal
  
  Employer:
  
  NCHEALTH
• Entity: UNC Rockingham Health Care
• Organization Unit: RHC 2nd Floor Nurse
• Work Type:
  Per Diem
• Standard Hours Per Week: 0.01
• Salary Range: $15.55 - $22.17 per hour (Hiring Range)
• Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.
• Work Assignment Type:
  Onsite
• Work Schedule:
  
  Day Job
• Location of Job: US:
  
  NC:
  
  Eden
• Exempt From Overtime:
  Exempt:
  No

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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