Nursing Assistant

Job Title

Enhances the effectiveness of the clinical team by collecting patient data, responding to resident/patient requests, providing personal care, and maintaining the clinical environment.

Essential Functions

Provides patient care by prioritizing, planning and completing patient care as assigned, attending to personal care needs, assisting with patient transfers and ambulation, obtaining accurate vital signs and other clinical parameters and specimens including: blood sugar readings, EKG's and drawn blood samples, responding to patient requests, requesting RN or LPN supervision with new or unfamiliar tasks. Reviews policy and procedures prior to performing tasks that are unfamiliar.

Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological and spiritual support to patients and families and other associates.

Promotes customer service by greeting patients, visitors, and associates in person and on the telephone, answering questions within the scope of practice, relaying calls to patients, giving directions, and referring inquiries to clinical staff and physicians.

Communicates information by collecting and documenting in the patient record, providing clinical reports at regular intervals to fellow nursing assistants and nurses, notifying RNs of significant findings or change in patient condition.

Documents resident/patient care services by recording information in the chart as soon as possible after collection, recording intake/output totals at the end of shift or specified times, records patient activity and care on the chart.

Maintains patient confidence and organizational confidentiality by keeping information confidential, responding to patient requests using tact and diplomacy.

Collects resident/patient information by operating patient care equipment, including blood glucose monitor, blood pressure cuffs, lifts and scales according to policy and procedure, observing patient response to care, engaging patient in conversation and acting upon responses or requests.

Provides a safe and clean working environment by completing environmental rounds, keeping patient rooms, supply rooms and hallways free from clutter, applying infection control policies and procedures to daily practice, and other unit specific equipment checks and maintenance duties, meeting dress code requirements and maintaining adequate personal hygiene.

Supports unit efficiency by cleaning and restocking patient equipment, assisting with cleaning and monitoring of equipment, contributing to PI activities, using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results, reporting maintenance and equipment issues per policy, reporting to assigned unit on time, ready to meet the responsibilities of the position and punching in and out as per Good Shepherd policy and maintaining Etime sheet as necessary.

Maintains technical knowledge by identifying own learning needs, attending educational workshops, seeking resources to meet learning needs, attending unit meetings, reading unit memos and meeting minutes and meeting ongoing mandatory education requirements.

Contributes to organizational team effort by arriving on duty as scheduled; maintaining attendance, demonstrating flexibility in response to change, acting as support personnel and perform assigned duties independently to allow licensed associates to complete their responsibilities, by offering to assist other associates with patient care and unit activities that arise throughout the shift. Participate in orienting new employees.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education: High School Diploma required.

Work Experience: 1 year acute or long-term experience preferred.

Licenses / Certifications: Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required within 30 days of employment. Certification must be maintained throughout employment.