Nursing Assistant - Emergency - Full - Time- Days 7am -7:30pm Monday thru Friday & every other weekend; 72 hours per pay

Nursing Assistant
- Emergency
- Full Time Days

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 of and adheres to patient's rights. Demonstrate compassion, concern, and respect to patients. Respect and maintain patient confidentiality. Is a productive/professional member of a health care team. Show independence by completing duties with appropriate supervision. Utilize time in an efficient manner, completing daily activities in a timely and organized fashion.

Show initiative in seeking out appropriate additional duties. Present self in a manner that promotes a positive image. Communicate identifies 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. Assists the RN/LPN with functions to promote, restore, and maintain optimum patient health.

Participate in the creation and maintenance of a healthy work environment by:
Accepting professional direction and leadership of the RN. 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 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. Assists RN/LPN with inpatient and outpatient monitoring activities. 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. Complete I&O 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. 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) Transports patients in safe, efficient, timely manner; a) Uses proper transfer techniques when moving patients; b) Observes patient condition, notifies appropriate personnel of changes in status. Maintains safe environment for patients, co-workers; a) Recognizes unsafe conditions, takes action or reports conditions to supervisor immediately;

b) Uses Universal Precautions to protect patients, self from infection, c) Demonstrates awareness of, concern for patient safety; d) Closely observes patients at risk for fall or injury, follows…