Employment Type:

Part time

Shift:

12 Hour Day Shift

Description:

Job Specific Duties, Responsibilities and Competencies
Performs direct and indirect patient care activities following RN instructions, physician orders, policies, procedures and regulations Assures patients are clean, well-groomed, neat, free of odor, dry and properly dressed Uses proper body mechanics during all activities and duties
Practices proper hand washing and principles of infection control. Obtain supplies from designated supply rooms to assure patient rooms are ready for patient admission and cleared when patient discharged/transferred.
Assist RN to observe skin condition on all patient admissions and transfers. Displays competence while performing oral hygiene and skin care. Displays competence while performing weight and heights utilizing standing chair and bed scale.
Demonstrates ability to feed patients, knowledge of dysphasia precautions and calculating and recording intake and output. Demonstrates competence while collecting specimens-urine routine, clean catch, Foley, stools for c-diff, etc.
Demonstrates competence in perineal care and foley care. Displays competence in the care of isolation patients utilizing disease-specific precautions.
Performs and records vital signs accurately. Maintains competence with glucose monitoring utilizing standard precautions.
Accurately uses the bed alarm and chair alarm system when being utilized for fall prevention. Participates in hourly rounding programs and schedules to ensure patient safety and reduce patient harm; observes for environmental safety, informs patient and family on safety precautions, turns and repositions patients, preemptively assists with toileting activities, and addresses personal needs.
Transports patients safely keeps patient’s room neat and orderly reporting any maintenance or environmental service needs. Demonstrates competence for caring for patients under continuous observation related to fall risk, behavioral issues and suicide
Gives patient status report to registered nurse. Greets and directs visitors, patients, families and physicians appropriately Responds to Patients’ call lights promptly. Communicates any problems, concerns or issues promptly to the registered nurse .Follows verbal and written instructions accurately and in a timely manner
Works as a team member demonstrating a positive, supportive and helpful attitude towards patients, families, visitors, co-workers and physicians.
Acts as a preceptor for new employees as needed.

CNA License or 1 year nursing clinical required

Trinity Health's Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of health centers in 22 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Trinity Health's dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.