Nursing Assistant - Acute Care

Nursing Assistant

The Nursing Assistant provides clinical and administrative support in a wide variety of patient care and related activities within Nursing Service including, but not limited to, roles assigned to Escort Services (i.e., direct patient care, patient transport, Reusable Medical Equipment cleaning). The Nursing Assistant functions as a member of the nursing care team and assists licensed nursing staff in the care of patients/residents receiving preventive, acute, sub-acute chronic, maintenance, and hospice care. The Nursing Assistant is able to provide patient/resident care during day, evening, and night tours of duty. This includes not only the delivery of personal care but also observing, reporting, and recording pertinent information relative to patient care in the electronic medical record. He/She/They possess the ability to recognize and react to emergent patient/resident care situations and intervene while waiting for assistance. The Nursing Assistant can recognize the need for basic life support, control bleeding and assist with behavior crisis, etc. He/She/They perform and/or assist with diagnostic studies and performs treatments/procedures. He/She/They is responsible to assist or teach patients regarding selected treatment procedures. The Nursing Assistant works with maximal initiative and minimal supervision, demonstrates leadership to the nursing assistant staff, and teaches proper technique and procedure by example. He/She/They promote maximal patient motivation, independence, and rehabilitation. And provides patients with a sense of self-worth and dignity by fostering self-reliance. The Nursing Assistant may perform duties in a variety of healthcare settings such as outpatient, inpatient, long-term care, hospice/palliative care, acute and sub-acute under close supervision. The Nursing Assistant will care for patients/residents with acute to chronic conditions. He/She/They must have demonstrated knowledge and ability to provide a full range of nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavioral problems.