Nursing Assistant I - Burn Intensive Care Unit

Nursing Assistant I - Burn Intensive Care Unit

Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. Nursing Assistant I needed for the NC Jaycee Burn Center.

The NC Jaycee Burn Center is a 21-bed ICU capable unit, specializing in:

• Thermal, Chemical, Electrical and Inhalation Burn Injuries
• American Burn Association Verified Adult and Pediatric Burn Center
• Mixed Adult and Pediatric patient population
• Mixed Acuity- includes Acute, Intermediate and Intensive Care
• Burn Outreach, Education and Community Partnerships
• Burn Aftercare life-long survivor support

Our nursing team works closely with many others to achieve our goals of restoration of health and function, and also provides an interdepartmental collaborative team approach for optimized recovery of the burn patient. The staff have the opportunity to provide care at the most critical level and be part of a team that works to assist a burn injured patient through all phases of the recovery.

This is a 36 hours per week position; working 12-hour night shifts (7pm - 7:30am) with weekend and holiday rotation. This position qualifies for an extensive benefit package including PTO hours, which are accrued based on the number of worked hours.

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 include assisting physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations, observing and documenting patient information, providing assistance to patients and their families during admission and discharge, providing care/treatments to patients as outlined in plan of care, providing direct personal care to patients, providing indirect care to patients and assigned area, reinforcing routine teaching given to patients, and distributing patient education materials.

Education Requirements: None required as long as all other position requirements are met. Licensure/Certification Requirements: Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Basic Life Support (BLS) certification Professional Experience Requirements: Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills.