Nursing Assistant

Overview

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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 successfully role model the organization s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:
Instill Trust and Value Differences;
Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate.

• Collaborate with Registered Nurse to organize work and set priorities.
• Under the supervision of the Registered Nurse, perform:
  1) Personal Care Skills
  2) Basic Nursing Assistant Skills as outlined by the Rhode Island Department of Health Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation.
  3) Rehabilitation
  
  Skills:
  
  performs daily activities of living, ambulates patient as appropriate.
  4) Maintenance of Safe Environment: reports unsafe conditions/situations to the Registered Nurse, manager, or supervisor; reports equipment in need of repair and removes from service.
  5) Recognition of and Reporting Signs and Symptoms: communicates all pertinent patient observations to the Registered Nurse.
  6) 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.
• Available to cover shifts as assigned at any residential program, to include leaving one program to travel and work at another.
• Performs other related duties as required.

• Basic Knowledge: Current Rhode Island license as a Nursing Assistant. High school graduate or its equivalent preferred. Ability to perform basic computer skills. Certified in American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS). Demonstrates 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.
• Experience: 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.

None.

$17.00-$25.31

Brown University Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetics, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran, or marital status. Brown University Health is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Gateway Healthcare Inc.

- 249 Roosevelt Avenue Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860

1st shift, rotating schedule, alternate weekends & holidays required

Day

8 hours

Yes

• Health Care Provider

• Hospitals and Health Care

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