Nursing Attendant

Position/Program Information

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT:
Open Competitive Job Opportunity
EXAM NUMBER: Y5098F
FILING

START DATE:

9/23/2024 at 9:00 A.M. (PT)
This examination will remain open until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.

The County of Los Angeles is currently offering a 20% bonus for full-time positions as Nursing Attendant I hired by Correctional Health Services and working onsite in a designated facility to meet critical healthcare needs for the uniquely under‑served jail population.

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its unified system of 23 health centers and four hospitals - and an expanded network of community partner clinics – DHS annually provides direct care for over 500,000 outstanding patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $8.4 billion.

Through academic affiliations with UCLA, USC, and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re‑entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings to supportive housing.

For additional information regarding DHS please visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.

Provides basic nursing services to both child and adult inpatients or to children of preschool age in the custody of County daycare nurseries.

• Monitors condition of patient while being moved and reports any manifest change in condition to a registered nurse or physician.
• Takes and records temperature, pulse and respiration of patients, and reports adverse vital signs or observed abnormal stress or discomfort.
• Helps patients as may be required in all of the usual activities of daily living, such as eating, brushing teeth and dressing and undressing, and eliminating.
• Moves patients on beds or stretchers from one ward to another or to operating or examining rooms.
• Contributes to patient comfort and well‑being by rearranging bedding and changing linen, serving and removing meal trays and responding to requests for personal services, such as filling water containers, making mechanical adjustments of bed, providing assistance in changing position in bed, furnishing bedpans and urinals, and giving shampoos and back rubs.
• Assists physicians by positioning and holding patients for examination or treatment.
• Turns and positions patients and places supports to prevent pressure sores.
• Assures a safe and sanitary environment for the patient by cleaning up minor spills in kitchen and dining areas, by making beds, cribs and bassinets, and by maintaining ward, sleeping quarters and recreational areas in a clean and orderly condition.
• Encourages ambulatory patients to participate fully in their own dressing, feeding, and hygiene.
• Supervises children in recreational activities and social relationships.
• As an incident to other duties described above, escorts patients to outside clinics, schools, recreational therapy sites and other activities away from the ward or nursery.

• Certification as a Nursing Assistant by the State of California* - AND -
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers (CPR & AED) Program certification issued by the American Heart Association.

Still working on your certificate/license? No worries! You can still apply and may even receive a contingent job offer while completing the process. Throughout the process, we’ll confirm that you either have your certificate/license or are actively pursuing it.