Licensed Nursing Assistant II- FULLER

Position: Licensed Nursing Assistant II- FULLER- Full time days
Licensed Nursing Assistant II- FULLER
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- Full time days locations:
Manchester, NHtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
JR9696

Come work at the best place to give and receive care!
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* Job Description:

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* Who We Are:

** The Fuller unit is a 55-60 bed, Post-Surgical and Trauma Unit with approximately 160 employees. The average patient census is 34-38 with a focus on adult post-surgical (total knee and hip replacement), telemetry, stroke, and general medical. Our Fuller Unit provides an outstanding supportive environment and advanced training for its staff. Elliot Hospital is designated as an Orthopaedic Center of Excellence!
** About the Job:
** Functions as an integral member of the care delivery team by providing direct and indirect patient care under the direction of a RN and within the scope of practice of a Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA). Assists patients with activities of daily living, provides for personal care, emotional support and performs more complex clinical skills under the direction of an RN.
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* What You’ll Do:

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* ** LNA
* ** Models Elliot Essentials behavior with patients, peers and all other members of the health care team.
* Performs or assists patients in the completion of activities of daily living.
* Utilizes basic knowledge of growth and development to provide age-specific patient care.
* Provides basic support to patients and families in response to identified psychosocial needs and cultural and religious preferences.
* Performs clinical tasks within the scope of LNA practice, in accordance with policies and procedures of the Elliot Health System.
* Reports all observations, symptoms, deviations from normal, and changes in patient’s condition to the Registered Nurse
* Assists others in performing selected patient care activities or tasks as appropriate.
* Follows all infection prevention/universal precautions policies as appropriate.
* Incorporates safety principles, policies and procedures into daily practice.
* Ensures confidentiality of all patients, employee, legal, budget, and company matters. Maintains patient privacy and dignity.
** Phlebotomy
* ** Performs routine and emergency phlebotomy.
** Telemetry
* ** Completes rhythm analysis and interpretation and posts rhythm strips at the specified times.
* Communicates information regarding rhythm changes and vital sign abnormalities to the primary nurse and charge nurse.
* Demonstrates knowledge of location of patients that are off the unit for testing.
* Maintains telemetry alarm notification log.
* Ensures that communication devices are working properly, assigned and distributed to nursing staff.
** Unit Secretary
*** Contributes to ensuring effective and efficient communication with visitors, callers, physicians, staff from other departments and others as appropriate.
* Meets and greets visitors to the department; determines the purpose of visit and responds or refers to appropriate staff member.
* Updates and maintains patient assignment board, Census Change Sheets, and all other patient lists.
* Supports effective and efficient patient care processes through timely, accurate transcription and entry of orders/data.
* Maintains Unit Secretary task list to ensure patient care which are verified by the registered nurse, to appropriate patient care documents.
* Assembles patient charts for all admissions to the unit to include all appropriate documents
* Prepares patient charts for patient transfers by copying and organizing required documents according to specific payer criteria.
* Disassembles and reorganizes charts upon discharge before forwarding to medical records.
* Coordinates completion of patient death certificates by contacting appropriate parties.
* Supports the smooth functioning of the unit by performing a variety of clerical and coordinating activities as designated by the unit.
* Updates and maintains the daily communication device list for the unit; ensures that all RNs receive communication device at the beginning of the shift and return them at the end of the shift.
** Radiation Therapy
*** Schedules, tracks and assures timeliness of diagnostic…