Nursing Attendant

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT:

Open Competitive Job Opportunity

Y5098F

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 invites motivated and career-focused individuals to apply for the position of Nursing Attendant I. If you're actively working toward meeting the minimum qualifications, you are still encouraged to submit an application and be considered.

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 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 the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (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.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, you’ll need to have the following certificate(s) and/or license(s), and will need to provide the hiring team the supporting documentation…