Licensed Nursing Assistant II- Intensive Care Unit Per Diem

Position: Licensed Nursing Assistant II- Intensive Care Unit- Full Time- Per Diem
Licensed Nursing Assistant II
- Intensive Care Unit
- Full Time
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- Intensive Care Unit
- Full Time
- Per Diem locations:
Manchester, NHtime type:
Part time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
JR11248

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

**** Adult

Inpatient

EHS.ICU.LNAII.
**** Licensed Nursing Assistant II
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* Who We Are:

** The Intensive Care Unit is a 16-bed unit with an average census of 12 patients.  We are comprised of roughly 50 employees with Nurse-to-Patient Ratios of 1:2 (1:1 for CRRT and balloon pump care) with 2 LNA on days and 1 LNA on nights.  The typical patient population consists of adults 17 & older with the following conditions: trauma, respiratory, surgical, neuro, sepsis, ARDS, and pulmonary.
** 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…