Nursing Assistant I (Per Diem)- Inpatient Behavioral Health Adolescents Unit (Dogwood)

Nursing Assistant I (Per Diem) - Inpatient Behavioral Health Adolescents Unit (Dogwood)

We are pleased to announce that we are looking for Nursing Assistant I (Per Diem) to join our new Inpatient Psychiatry Units at UNC Hospitals Youth Behavioral Health Facility (YBH).

Certified Nursing Assistant in a Behavioral Health setting for more than 2 years required. If hired, you will be floating between all four (4) units at the hospital.

Position Offering:

• Shift: Rotating
• Hours: Per Diem; 6 hrs/wk; 24 hrs for the month/including weekends
• Entity: UNC Medical Center
• Location: Butner, NC

UNC Hospitals Youth Behavioral Health is a 54 bed inpatient psychiatric facility located in Butner, NC. The hospital is composed of 4 units designed to care for child and adolescent patients with a variety of common mental health diagnoses, including those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In a milieu-based, trauma-informed, therapeutic setting, patients are treated by a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, including Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Therapy Services, Social Workers, Nursing Services, Pharmacy, Pastoral Care and Nutrition Services. Safety is the key component of the care provided as well as introduction of positive coping skills, healthy living and positive leisure activities.

Are you passionate about caring for adolescents and children in a behavioral health environment? If so, we have opportunities available for you in the following area:

Dogwood Inpatient Behavioral Health Adolescents Unit:

• The Dogwood Inpatient Behavioral Health Adolescent Unit is a 14-bed unit. The unit is comprised primarily of 10-14 year old patients in crisis with a variety of mental health diagnoses.

This position requires the ability to attend orientation and training at the UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill.

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.

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 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.

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. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or 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.