NURSING ATTENDANT I

Nursing Attendant I

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services invites motivated and career-focused individuals to apply for the position of Nursing Attendant I. If you're actively working toward meeting the minimum qualifications, you are still encouraged to submit an application and be considered.

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its unified system of 23 health centers and four hospitals - and expanded network of community partner clinics DHS annually provides direct care for over 500,000 outstanding patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $8.4 billion.

Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings to supportive housing.

For additional information regarding DHS please visit MISSION: To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care. DEFINITION: Provides basic nursing services to both child and adult inpatients or to children of preschool age in the custody of County daycare nurseries.

Essential Job Functions

• Monitors condition of patient while being moved and reports any manifest change in condition to a registered nurse or physician.
• Takes and records temperature, pulse and respiration of patients, and reports adverse vital signs or observed abnormal stress or discomfort.
• Helps patients as may be required in all of the usual activities of daily living, such as eating, brushing teeth and dressing and undressing, and eliminating.
• Moves patients on beds or stretchers from one ward to another or to operating or examining rooms.
• Contributes to patient comfort and well-being by rearranging bedding and changing linen, serving and removing meal trays and responding to requests for personal services, such as filling water containers, making mechanical adjustments of bed, providing assistance in changing position in bed, furnishing bedpans and urinals, and giving shampoos and back rubs.
• Assists physicians by positioning and holding patients for examination or treatment.
• Turns and positions patients and places supports to prevent pressure sores.
• Assures a safe and sanitary environment for the patient by cleaning up minor spills in kitchen and dining areas, by making beds, cribs and bassinets, and by maintaining ward, sleeping quarters and recreational areas in a clean and orderly condition.
• Encourages ambulatory patients to participate fully in their own dressing, feeding, and hygiene.
• Supervises children in recreational activities and social relationships.
• As an incident to other duties described above, escorts patients to outside clinics, schools, recreational therapy sites and other activities away from the ward or nursery.

Requirements

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, you'll need to have the following certificate(s) and/or license(s), and will need to provide the hiring team the supporting documentation prior to your start date :

• Certification as a Nursing Assistant by the State of California* -AND-
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers (CPR & AED) Program certification issued by the American Heart Association. **

Still working on your certificate/ license? No worries! You can still apply and may even receive a contingent job offer while completing the process. Throughout the process, we'll confirm that you either have your certificate/ license or are actively pursuing it. PHYSICAL CLASS: IV - Arduous : This class involves frequent heavy lifting over 25 pounds, often combined with bending, twisting, or working above ground on irregular surfaces. It includes those positions that occasionally demand extraordinary physical activity such as those in Safety positions. CERTIFICATE AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS: Required certification(s) and/or license(s) must be active and unrestricted at the time of hire. Applicants with current certification must complete the Certification and License Section of the application. Provide the title of the required license(s) certification(s), the certificate number, date of issue, date of expiration and the name of the issuing agency for the required certification as specified in the Requirements. A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.