Nursing Assistant
Franciscan Healthcare is looking for a Nursing Assistant to assist with nursing care to patients under the supervision of other licensed medical professionals. This position will be responsible for personal hygiene, comfort and safety measures, assisting with activity, and simple nursing procedures.
Hours: Minimum 36 hours/week to include evenings, weekend, and holiday rotation.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Providing patient care in regard to hygiene, mobility, comfort, psychosocial, spiritual and nutritional needs as well as assisting with admission, discharge, and transfers
- Carry out treatments, collection of specimens, vital signs, intake and output, and monitoring and emptying drainage devices
- Responsible for patient safety in regard to positioning mobility, bed rails, orientation and restraint use
- Perform clerical duties related to admission, discharge, status change, transfer and death
- Other duties expected but not limited to include: maintaining clean patient and work environments, stocking patient and work rooms and assembling patient charts, answering phones, providing family and visitor directions and helping physicians find chart reports
- Follow all applicable policies and procedures
- Responsible for fostering a team orientated atmosphere
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and/or Experience
- Currently attending High School or have a High School diploma or GED
- Ability to obtain Basic Life Support within probationary period
Other Competencies
- Interpersonal skills requiring courtesy and tact are necessary to communicate effectively
- Medium strength job classification with lifting of 50 lbs. occasionally, 25 lbs. frequently and 10 lbs. constantly
- Possess level of fine motor skills to perform gripping, pinching, and grasping. Hearing and vision corrected to within normal limits
- Requires full range of body motion with frequent standing, walking, bending, stooping, and reaching
- Ability to change from one duty to another frequently
- Ability to organize and prioritize workload to meet unit needs
- Ability to follow written or verbal instructions exactly
- Ability to use computer for documentation
- Ability to organize and prioritize workload to meet unit needs
