Per Diem Nursing Attendant-Centralized Nursing Service

NYU Langone Health is a fully integrated health system that consistently achieves the best patient outcomes through a rigorous focus on quality that has resulted in some of the lowest mortality rates in the nation. Vizient Inc. has ranked NYU Langone the No. 1 comprehensive academic medical center in the country for three years in a row, and U.S. News & World Report recently placed nine of its clinical specialties among the top five in the nation.

NYU Langone offers a comprehensive range of medical services with one high standard of care across 6 inpatient locations, its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and over 320 outpatient locations in the New York area and Florida. With $14.2 billion in revenue this year, the system also includes two tuition‑free medical schools, in Manhattan and on Long Island, and a vast research enterprise with over $1 billion in active awards from the National Institutes of Health.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Per Diem Nursing Attendant-Centralized Nursing Service-23 Hours Per Month. In this role, the successful candidate assists in the implementation of the nursing process by performing direct and indirect patient care to assigned patients under the supervision of the Registered Professional Nurse. Assists in maintaining an orderly and safe patient care environment and unit.

• Assists with Admission/Transfer/Discharge of patients:
  Orients patient to hospital environment. Provides patient with toileting supplies. Assists patient to remove clothes, complete property checklist and safeguard personal property through Security. Assists in transfer of patients by gathering belongings, completion of clothing list and assisting in moving the patient. Prepares bedside unit to receive patients. Discharges:
  Assists patient to dress and pack personal belongings. Escorts patient as necessary and remains with the patient until he/she has left the building.
• Conducts patient rounds for toileting, positioning, comfort, safety and personal needs. Answers patient call lights and responds to patient needs promptly.
• Assemble O2 (e.g., nasal cannula) and suction set‑ups.
• Provides basic hygiene to patients: bathing, AM/PM care, mouth care, denture care, hair care, nail and foot care, shaving, assists patients with bedpan, urinal and/or commode.
• Prepares patients for meals including:
  Clearing overbed tables and placing them within reach of the patient. Positioning patient correctly for eating/tube feedings. Assisting patients by preparing utensils and food items. Feeding patients.
• Performs and/or assists patient with simple treatments. Remove and reapply SCD wraps as directed by the RN. Assists RN in enema procedures.
• Collects specimens as directed by RN.
• Informs RN of any audible clinical alarms such as IV pumps, feeding pumps, ventilators, bedside monitors.
• Assists with moving, lifting, positioning and transporting of patients.
• Assists with removal and security of patient personal items prior to procedures, as needed.
• Changes linen in accordance with policy and as necessary.
• Takes and electronically records blood pressure, temperature, pulse, pulse oximetry, and respiration per care level standard and as directed by the RN. Reports abnormalities to RN.
• Weighs patients and electronically records on admission, as ordered, and/or as directed by RN.
• Measures and records oral intake, urinary output, bowel elimination, gastric and other drainage onto I&O record (form or electronic). Calculates 8 hour totals. Empties drainage bags.
• Performs post mortem care.
• Performs safety observations for patients on continuous observation or in restraints, per policy and as directed.
• Reports any changes observed in the patients condition to the RN.
• Responds to and meets patient/family needs and customer concerns as soon as possible with compassion and understanding. Established effective, caring relationships with staff, patients, family and other members of the health care team.
• Maintains competence through in‑service and educational programs.
• Attends staff meetings and reviews/signs minutes of meetings not attended. Maintains a safe and uncluttered environment of care in patient rooms…