Job Information
UNC Health Care Nursing Assistant - Medsurg in Smithfield, North Carolina
Description
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Summary:
Provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic or home health care setting. All work performed is under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician.
3rd Floor - Medsurg
3 rd Floor Smithfield has 33 beds: Medical, Surgical and the potential for pediatric patients. The pediatric patient may be an overnight observation after surgery. We do not have a pediatric group as our Hospitalists are adult only. We are primarily medical patients, and the designated Covid unit if the patient does not require PCU or ICU level care. We see patients with Pneumonia, Congested Heart Failure, Abdominal Pain, Altered Mental Status, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Hypertension, Hypotension, Diabetes, Shortness of Breath, and so much more. We also provide after care for patients that have gone down for a Heart Catheterization. Many of our patients are on hemodialysis which is done in another unit in the hospital – we take them to their HD and bring them back. We take care of patients that have wounds and wound vacs. We do tube feedings and tracheostomies. We really have the full spectrum of medical diagnosis on our unit.
We work 12 hour shifts: 0645-1915 and 1845-0715. Full time is considered three 12 hour shifts per week. We ask that everyone makes themselves available every other weekend although there are times when we can pull teammates off the weekend to staff during the week, and we rotate this to be fair. We have a Holiday schedule that is assigned when a teammate starts. We alternate Holiday’s to be fair. We have a designated charge nurse on each shift. Depending on acuity assignments for RN staff may be 1:5-1:6. We have NA teammates with a 1:8-1:10 ratio to assist with care.
We are active in our Nurse Council. It is critical to get feedback from the teammates doing the work at the bedside to provide insight and feedback on how we can improve our processes. We also have the mantra that “It Takes a Village” and we are “ONE GREAT TEAM”. We need to be able to work independently although we MUST work together as a TEAM to provide the high level of care with excellence that our patients deserve. We have a very strong TEAM on 3 rd Smithfield.
Responsibilities:
Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations.
In the psychiatric setting, aids patients in reality orientation, participates in behavior modification plans/therapy, provides informal support therapy to patients/families, provides verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aids in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients, facilitates age appropriate play for children, and monitors the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met.
Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or physician.
Provides assistance to patients and their families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, and discharge
Provides care/ treatments to patients as outlined in plan of care including, but not limited to, the measurement of vital signs, height and weight, specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, postural drainage, and supportive 11 patient and family interactions.
Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and assisting with ambulation.
Provides indirect care to patients and assigned area to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, changing linens, re-stocking supplies, cleaning/sterilizing instruments, transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens, assisting in the orientation of new employees and students, and some routine clerical functions.
Reinforces routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions. Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers.
Other Information
Other information:
Education Requirements:
● High School diploma or GED
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
● Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
● Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification
Professional Experience Requirements:
● Six (6) months of relevant nursing assistant experience, which may include a nursing assistant course
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
● Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills.
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: Johnston Health
Organization Unit: 3rd Floor
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
Salary Range: $17.00 - $23.46 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Smithfield
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.