Nursing Assistant -Patient Monitoring

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

• This position qualifies for our Nursing Support Incentive Program. The Nursing Support Incentive Program includes $5,000 paid over a two (2) year commitment.

Are you a compassionate and adaptable CNA who enjoys variety and making a meaningful impact? Join our Patient Monitoring Unit Team on the day shift and play a key role in delivering high-quality patient care across multiple hospital units. This full-time position offers diverse clinical experiences, professional growth, and the opportunity to support patients throughout the hospital.

The ideal candidate must be willing to float between UNC Rex Raleigh and UNC Rex Holly Springs Campus. Daily assignments are based on the needs of both hospitals.

As a CNA In The Patient Monitoring Unit, You Will Work Closely With Nurses, Fellow CNAs, Patient Sitters, And Other Healthcare Professionals To Support Patient Care In a Variety Of Settings. Units May Include, But Are Not Limited To

• Medical-Surgical units
• Intensive Care Units (ICU)
• Emergency Departments
• Patient Monitoring Unit (Float Pool)

This role may include providing one-to-one patient observation and supporting behavioral health patients as needed. Prior hospital experience is preferred.

• Full-time position
• 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM shifts
• Every other weekend required
• Teammates are placed on a holiday rotation at the time of hire to ensure fair coverage and meet unit needs

• Wide-ranging clinical exposure across multiple units
• Consistent full-time schedule with team support
• Collaborative, patient-focused work environment
• Opportunities for skill development and career growth
• Meaningful work that makes a real difference

If you’re flexible, dependable, work well independently, and thrive in dynamic clinical environments, we’d love to hear from you.

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 health care 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 report significant changes in the player'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…