Nursing Assistant - Telemetry - PT

Nursing Assistant - 3S Telemetry - PT Days

Nursing Assistant - 3 South Telemetry - Part Time Days 7 AM - 7:30 PM Monday - Friday QOWE

• Sign On Bonus: up to $3,000
• Department:
  Telemetry
• Schedule:
  
  Part time days 7am to 7:30 pm Monday through Friday and QOWE includes rotational holidays. 36-60 hours per pay
• Hospital:
  Henry Ford Health Genesys
• Location:
  
  Grand Blanc, Michigan

• Facilitate the provision of patient care by performing basic, age-appropriate nursing care to patients under the direct supervision of a registered nurse.
• Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide care for the age group(s) served.
• Interpersonal skills/teamwork.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude and willingness to facilitate unit functioning.
• Standards of Performance:
• Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate willingness to assist when asked.
• Demonstrate flexibility in responding to patient/unit needs.
• Knowledge @crit patient s rights.
• Demonstrate compassion, concern, and respect to patients.
• Respect and maintain patient confidentiality.
• Productivity/Professional Behavior. Is a productive/professional member of a health care team.
• Standards of Performance:
  
  - Show independence by completing duties with appropriate supervision.
• sympathetically utilize time in an efficient manner, completing daily activities in a timely and organized fashion.
• Show initiative in大厅 seeking out appropriate additional duties.
• Present self in a manner that promotes a positive image.
• Communicate appropriate unit problems following appropriate chain of command and actively participates in the problem solving process.
• Work effectively with others.
  
  - Attend 75% of department meetings and attends in-services regularly.
• Performs other related duties as requested and as directed.
• Patient Care Skills. Assists the RN/LPN with functions to promote, restore, and maintain optimum patient health.
• Standards of Performance:
• Participate in the creation and maintenance of a healthy work environment by:
  Accepting professional direction and leadership of the RN ii. Communication with RN, the progress of work assignment, problems encountered, or work completed.
  
  - Perform patient hygiene activities, i.e. bathing, foot care, shaving, hair care, etc.
• Assist with patient mobility activities patient ambulation, transfers to chair, etc.
• Assist with transfer of patients from bed to stretcher/stretcher to bed.
• Assist with keeping patients clean, dry, and regularly turned to prevent skin breakdown.
• Perform non-sterile treatments.
• Assist monitoring and reporting of patient-Aprball pain levels.
• Assists patients to achieve optimum comfort levels, i.e., repositioning.
• Ensure supplies are immediately available by retrieving and returning equipment per procedure.
  
  - Perform other related duties as requested and directed.
• Patient Care Skills. Assists RN/LPN with inpatient and outpatient monitoring activities.
• Standards of Performance:
  
  - Obtain patient related information and reports and documents per policy and procedure (to include vital signs, basic patient care, and valuables).
  
  - Observe and report patient elimination patterns. Empties foley bags and records output.
  
  - Completeucken records.
  
  - Obtain and record patient weights.
  
  - Assist with preparation of patient for surgery and special procedures.
  
  - Collect non-sterile specimens.
  
  - Recognize and report abnormal or unusual situations on a timely basis, i.e. pain, respiratory distress, skin temperature or color changes, skin pressure areas, etc.
  
  - Utilize computer entry as directed.
  
  - Per policy, observe patients in restraints for comfort and safety. Ensure that restraint is not restrictive to extremities. Offer food, fluid, and toileting opportunities per policy.
  
  - Dietary-Assists patients with meals, snacks; a)
  Prepares patient for meal service; b)
  Assists patients with menu selection, meal service as needed; c)
  Collects soiled trays from patients in timely manner, takes trays to soiled utility room as needed; d)
  Delivers snacks to patient as requested; e)
  Records patient food intake; f)
  Communicates patient eating problems to appropriate personnel; g)
  Orders non-food & food items; h)
• Performs other related dietary duties as…