Nursing Attendant- Nursing Service-Evening Shift

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 Nursing Attendant-Central Nursing Service‑Evening Shift (37.5 Hours). 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. The candidate also assists in maintaining an orderly and safe patient care environment and unit.

• Assist with admission, transfer, and discharge of patients, including orienting patients to the hospital environment, providing toileting supplies, assisting with clothing removal and property checklists, and escorting patients until they leave the building.
• Conduct patient rounds for toileting, positioning, comfort, safety, and personal needs; answer patient call lights and respond promptly to patient needs.
• Assemble O₂ (e.g., nasal cannula) and suction set‑ups.
• Provide basic hygiene to patients: bathing, AM/PM care, mouth care, denture care, hair care, nail and foot care, shaving, and assist with bedpan, urinal, and/or commode use.
• Prepare patients for meals, including clearing over‑bed tables, positioning for eating or tube feedings, assisting with utensils and food items, and feeding patients.
• Assist with simple treatments, remove and reapply SCD wraps as directed by the RN, and assist RN with enema procedures.
• Collect specimens as directed by RN.
• Inform RN of audible clinical alarms such as IV pumps, feeding pumps, ventilators, and bedside monitors.
• Assist with moving, lifting, positioning, and transporting patients.
• Assist with removal and security of patient personal items before procedures as needed.
• Change linen in accordance with policy and as necessary.
• Take and electronically record vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, pulse oximetry, respiration) per care level standard and report abnormalities to RN.
• Weigh patients and electronically record data on admission, as ordered, and/or as directed by RN.
• Measure and record oral intake, urinary output, bowel elimination, gastric and other drainage on the I&O record, calculate 8‑hour totals, and empty drainage bags.
• Perform post‑mortem care.
• Perform safety observations for patients on continuous observation or in restraints, per policy and as directed.
• Report any changes in the patient’s condition to RN.
• Respond to and meet patient/family needs and customer concerns with compassion and understanding, establishing effective caring relationships with staff, patients, family, and other members of the health care team.
• Maintain competence through in‑service and educational programs.
• Attend staff meetings and review/sign minutes of meetings not attended; keep patient rooms safe and uncluttered by removing excessive furniture, supplies, and equipment.
• Assist with supply and equipment management of patient, procedure, and supply rooms per department standards.
• Maintain cleanliness of utility rooms and pantries as assigned.
• Perform other duties such as errands, relieving other units, bringing stretchers, and assisting other members of the health team as directed.
• Perform other duties aligned with the mission and values of the organization.

• High School Diploma or…