Nursing Assistant Evenings , Deskovick , Morristown Medical Center

Job Description

Provides direct patient care including ADLs, hygiene, mobility, and basic treatments. Monitors and reports patient condition, supports safety and comfort, maintains equipment, and ensures a clean environment. Collaborates with nursing staff, documents care and delivers excellent customer service in a fast-paced setting. Ensures patients and families have a positive experience by exhibiting alertness, collaboration, teamwork, and a positive attitude.

• Direct Patient Care:
  Assists with ADLs, hygiene, mobility, toileting, and emotional support. Administers basic treatments (e.g. dressing changes, telemetry, specimen collection). Supports nursing personnel in providing direct patient care. Assists patients with daily activities. Measures and records daily weights. Discontinues foley catheters. Measures and records vital signs, I&O's, and monitors patient condition. Performs EKG's and blood glucose monitoring.
• Reports changes in patient condition:
  Knowledgeable of the normal values and ranges for vital signs and I&O's, recognizes abnormal findings and reports to the primary nurse. Participates in daily Huddle. Documents timely in the patients' medical record.
• Determines priorities of care:
  Demonstrates flexibility in responding to patient needs while completing assignments. Completes all assignments unless otherwise directed by charge nurse. Works as a team member in meeting the unit needs. Seeks approval for reprioritization of more complex events deviating from original assignment. Performs activities as needed without supervision.
• Provides and Maintains Safety and Comfort Measures for Patient:
  Answers call lights promptly and courteously and provides interventions as appropriate. Ensures call bell and telephone are within reach of patient prior to leaving patient room. Cleans, stocks and sets up rooms for arriving patients. Checks for appropriate patient IDs including falls and allergy. Ensures patient rooms are neat and clean. Recognizes need for and responds to all bed and chair alarms in an expeditious manner.
  
  Works as Patient Safety Technician as needed. Rounds with purpose using appropriate scripting. Gives report to oncoming shift.
• Provides Emotional Support to Patient and Significant Others:
  Observes and responds to emotional needs of patient and/or significant other. Reports observations to RN for follow up. Seeks information regarding teaching goals for individual patients. Observes RN instructions to patients and provides consistent reinforcement as needed.
• Maintains Safe Environment:
  Adheres to OSHA, Joint Commission, Board of Health and hospital standards. Observes and maintains isolation precautions. Follows hand washing protocol. Maintains a clean and clutter free work environment. Uses and stores equipment properly. Wears and uses communication devices (Vocera) according to policy. Must work in a fast-paced environment with positive customer service skills.
• Equipment Care:
  Maintains log of all equipment sent to Clinical Engineering for repair. Reports all lost or equipment unable to be repaired to charge nurse. Returns rental equipment in a timely manner with patient identification. Keeps equipment cleaned and charged. Notifies unit associate of equipment needing repair and attaches appropriate repair tag. Orients new staff in care of equipment.

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Nursing Students preferred.
• 1-2 years previous patient care experience preferred.
• Customer service experience preferred.
• BLS Certification Required.
• CNA Certified preferred.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills - both verbal and written. Patient, compassionate nature. Ability to operate as part of a team, alongside physicians and nurses. Proficiency in computer-based data management programs and information systems. Experience with primarily general and oncological surgery patients, inclusive of abdominal, colorectal, and renal/kidney surgeries.

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is;
Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation.

Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Centra State Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the…