Nursing Assistant - Medical Surgical Department

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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.

3rd Floor Medical/Surgical

Third floor Johnston Health, Smithfield is a 33-bed Medical Surgical Unit that serves primarily medical patients, although Pediatric patients are seen occasionally for overnight observation. Third floor nurses will get exposure to wound/wound vac care, tube feedings and tracheostomies and will care for patients with a variety of medical diagnoses, to include:

• Pneumonia
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Abdominal Pain
• Altered Mental Status
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Hypertension
• Hypotension
• Diabetes
• Shortness of Breath, among others

Full time is 3 12-hour shifts. Our standard shifts are 0645-1915 and 1845-0715 with every other weekend. Holidays are rotated among staff. Each shift is staffed with a charge nurse and nurses are paired with an NA teammate to assist with care. Nurse-to-patient ratios on the unit are typically 1:5 or 1:6.

We have a strong team on 3rd floor Johnston Health Smithfield, and continuously seek ways to improve our processes through our Nurse Council. Our "ONE GREAT TEAM" understands that "It Takes a Village." Our ideal teammate will be able to work independently, while being committed to working together as a TEAM to provide the excellent care that our patients deserve.

Responsibilities include assisting physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, observing and documenting patient information, providing assistance to patients and their families, providing care/treatments to patients, 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.

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: Johnston Health

Organization Unit: 3rd Floor

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00

Salary Range: $17.60 - $24.29 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Smithfield

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email View email address on click.appcast.io if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.