Nursing Assistant I, Medical Inpatient Unit

• Performs Activity of Daily Living (ADL) care including, but not limited to:
  • Essential Daily Care:
    • Oral care, bathing, showering, shaving, hair washing and maintenance, incontinence care and toileting/elimination needs.
    • Changing bed linen.
    • Maintaining a decluttered patient care area.
    • Understanding available products for patient care and when to utilize.
  • Safety and Preventative Care:
    • Infection prevention.
    • Skin and pressure injury prevention.
    • Fall prevention.
    • Patient safety: setting and responding appropriately to patient safety alarms.
    • Environmental safety: understanding and performing regulatory compliance.
  • Patient Mobility:
    • Patient turning and offloading.
    • Ambulation, mobility in room, range of motion.
    • Understanding patient mobility assist devices and appropriate use for patient safety.
    • Use of patient lift equipment as per Safe Patient Handling (SPH) policy.
  • Nutrition:
    • Assist with meal tray delivery, collection, and documentation of amount consumed.
    • Set up and assist patients with meals, including feeding.

• Use of data collection equipment: Vital signs, EKG, bladder scan, transfer devices, telemetry, Massimo.
• Documentation in EMR:
  • Components of vital signs, height and weight, intake and output measurement (including drains, urinary catheter and suction devices.)
  • Essential care performed.
  • Intentional rounding.
• Provides direct patient monitoring, including but not limited to:
  • Safety Attendant (SA) at bedside for prevention of unintentional or intentional (suicide precautions) self-harm.
  • Video surveillance.

• Performs patient care interventions as delegated and within scope of practice and validated competency, including but not limited to:
  • Phlebotomy, EKG’s, specimen collection, blood glucose measurement and telemetry.

• Others patient care needs, including but not limited to:
  • Prepare patient rooms for admissions, discharges. Update whiteboards. Provide unit / room stocking of supplies.
  • Care of a patient with invasive lines and devices within NA scope of practice.
  • Transporting patients on/off unit.
  • Responding to emergency situation.
  • Communication with patient care team to ensure delivery of quality care.
  • Unit-specific / patient population specific interventions as delegated (example: psychiatry patients, pediatric patients, etc.)

Communicates effectively with nursing and healthcare team, including but not limited to:

• Understands and reports out of range patient data values to covering RN.
• Recognize and report patient changes to covering RN.
• Performs shifts reports with oncoming staff.
• Demonstrates initiative and understanding of job duties through communication with healthcare team and own self initiative.

• Relating and respecting each patient individually.
• Meeting needs of each patient to ensure excellent patient care is delivered. This includes a patient’s cognitive, physical and emotional needs, as well as their personal preference, cultural and religious beliefs.

Performs similar or related duties as requested or directed:

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  Performs other duties as requested by healthcare and leadership team, within the scope of practice.

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

• No experience required.

• BLS within 6 months of hire date.

• Reading, writing, typing (at least 20 words per minute), and basic math skills required.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients and staff.
• Ability to function as an active team member.
• Demonstrates competency in required skills relevant to area of practice.

• Walking, standing, bending, and kneeling throughout the shift.
• Ability to lift and position patient is required.
• Lifting, moving heavy equipment.
• Category I risk exposure as defined by OSHA.
• Must be able to identify and differentiate colors.

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  Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life insurance and disability protection
• Retirement benefits and more…