Nursing Assistant; Care Partner - Float Pool - Part-Time

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

The Care Partner is a support care provider who functions under the direction of the Registered Nurse. The Care Partner’s primary focus is to promote a positive patient experience by partnering with the nurse, physician, healthcare team and other providers to achieve excellence in patient experience; and assist with daily living activities and comfort measures. The Care Partner assists other health care providers with safe, age‑appropriate and culturally aware care by performing basic patient care functions;

i.e., ADL’s, ambulation, and vital signs.

Additional responsibilities may include approved advanced technical training skills such as phlebotomy, simple treatments, dressing changes, oral suctioning, and discontinuation of Foley catheters. The Care Partner may perform additional advanced skills to support clinical care depending on unit needs. Clerical duties such as data retrieval, maintaining unit supplies, and transporting supplies or patient medications will also be required. The Care Partner must be able to work in a fast‑paced environment that requires multitasking and effective communication with the Registered Nurse and ancillary team.

The Care Partner must perform under stressful conditions with a compassionate, respectful and service‑mindset, take direction from a variety of care providers, be organized, and possess excellent communication skills.

• Excellence in Patient Experience by partnering with health care team, patient and family.
• Supports an environment of healing or wellness for patients by addressing patient needs, following the plan of care assigned or instructed by a licensed professional, and engaging the patient and family in compliance with the treatment plan.
• Effectively contributes to the plan of care or treatment based on assigned tasks and patient/family input in collaboration with the healthcare team with a focus on the care continuum.
• Consistently implements all safety interventions to minimize risk in achievement of intended outcomes.
• Protects rights and dignity of patient.
• Maintains confidentiality adhering to HIPAA regulations and recommended privacy procedures.
• Participates in hourly patient rounding.
• Answers telephone and call lights promptly, professionally, and notifies the appropriate individual of need for follow‑up.
• Resolves patient concerns or escalates to the charge nurse if unable to resolve patient concerns.
• Proactively offers assistance and comfort measures to patients and families.
• Presents self in a positive and professional manner and shows sensitivity to concerns and needs of others.

• Provides patient care under the direction of the RN.
• Provides patient care needs such as hygiene, nutrition, elimination, physical comfort measures and additional advanced skills based on unit specific requirements (e.g., phlebotomy, EKG, removal of foley catheters, removal of IVs).
• Assists RN and other members of the health care team with care delivery as assigned.
• Assists in direct patient admission.
• Monitors data entry for key patient safety information.
• Participates in charge reconciliation.
• Performs audits as requested.

• Supports initiatives of the health care team.
• Participates in unit performance improvement initiatives.
• Supports professional nursing practice through shared leadership, evidence‑based practice and ethical accountability.
• Transports unit supplies, patient care supplies, medications and equipment as assigned.
• Practices accountability.

• Uses effective written and oral communication skills with patients, staff, physicians, family and visitors using AIDET (Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explain, Thank you).
• Uses safety communication techniques, e.g., Ask a question, Request a change, Voice a concern, Use chain of command when necessary (ARRC).
• Communicates completion of assignment/duties to RN or Charge Nurse.
• Documents completion of patient care in EMR (Electronic Medical Record).
• Communicates patient care concerns/problems/emergencies to the RN or Charge Nurse in a timely manner; real time communication is…