Vanderbilt Rehab Unit Night Shift Nursing Assistant

Summary

Under the supervision of the Registered Nurse and within hospital and department policies and procedures, assists in caring for patients and/or families from admission to discharge.

A nursing assistant is a paraprofessional trained to provide personal care and related health care and assistance to individuals who are sick, disabled, or infirm, and who are residents of or receiving services from health care facilities or agencies licensed by the state and holds a license as a nursing assistant issued by the Department of Health.

Brown University Health employees are expected to role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. In addition, all employees must demonstrate the core success factors that guide teamwork and performance:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

Collaborate with Registered Nurse to organize work and set priorities. Under supervision perform:

• Personal Care Skills
• Basic Nursing Assistant Skills as outlined by the Rhode Island Department of Health Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
• Rehabilitation
  
  Skills:
  
  performs daily activities of living, ambulates patient as appropriate
• Maintenance of Safe Environment: reports unsafe conditions/situations to Registered Nurse, manager, or supervisor; reports equipment in need of repair and removes it from service
• Recognition of and Reporting Signs and Symptoms: communicates all pertinent patient observations to the Registered Nurse
• Safety: maintains quality assurance and infection control in accordance with established hospital and department policies, procedures, and objectives; accurately documents data in the EHR, patient care flowsheet, clinical data records; demonstrates ability to perform responsibilities in emergency/code situations; may function as a patient observer; performs other related duties as required

• Current Rhode Island license as a Nursing Assistant
• High school graduate or equivalent (preferred)
• Ability to perform basic computer skills
• Certified in American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS)
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span, with consideration of aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns in each step of the care process

One-year experience as a Nursing Assistant preferred.

Works in healthcare environments such as acute care hospitals, physicians’ offices, and ancillary health care enterprises. Prolonged sitting, standing, and walking. Repeated bending, squatting, and stooping. May be required to lift/turn patients and equipment.

Works under the supervision of the Registered Nurse within the scope of hospital and department policies and practices and the Rhode Island Department of Health Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation. Refers specific, complex problems to supervisor where clarification of department policies and procedures may be required.

$18.00-$25.82

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Newport Hospital - 11 Friendship Street Newport, Rhode Island 02840

7pm-7:30am, three nights a week, every other weekend, every other holiday

Night

12 hours

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