Nursing Assistant Intermediate Surgical Care

Overview

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. DEFINITION: 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:
  
  perform daily activities of living and assist patient ambulation as appropriate;
  4) Maintenance of Safe Environment: report unsafe conditions or equipment in need of repair and remove from service;
  5) Recognition of and Reporting Signs and Symptoms: communicate all pertinent patient observations to the Registered Nurse;
  6) Safety: maintain quality assurance and infection control in accordance with hospital and department policies, procedures and objectives; accurately document data in the EHR and patient care flowsheet; demonstrate ability to perform responsibilities in emergency/code situations; may function as a patient observer.
• Perform 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 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.

• 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.

Pay Range: $22.52

Location: Rhode Island Hospital - 593 Eddy Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Work Type:  every other holiday/every other weekend

Work Shift: Night

Driving

Required:

No

Union: International Brotherhood Teamsters

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