Nursing Assistant

About the Role

• 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures.
• Assist with procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations.
• In the psychiatric setting:
• Aid patients in reality orientation.
• Participate in behavior modification plans/therapy.
• Provide informal support therapy to patients/families.
• Provide verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients.
• Aid in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients.
• Facilitate age-appropriate play for children.
• Monitor therapeutic milieu activities to ensure patient emotional and safety needs are met.
• Observe, collect, and document patient information obtained while providing care.
• Promptly report significant changes in patient condition to a registered nurse or physician.
• Assist patients and their families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Provide care/treatments to patients as outlined in the plan of care, including:
• Measurement of vital signs, height and weight.
• Specimen collection.
• Skin preps/scrubs.
• Catheter care.
• Capillary blood glucose checks.
• Simple wound care.
• Range of motion exercises.
• Postural drainage.
• Supportive patient and family interactions.
• Provide direct personal care to patients for routine activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, feeding, and assisting with ambulation.
• Provide indirect care to patients and assigned area, including:
• Cleaning the work area.
• Changing linens.
• Re-stocking supplies.
• Cleaning/sterilizing instruments.
• Transporting patients/supplies/specimens.
• Assisting in the orientation of new employees and students.
• Performing routine clerical functions.
• Reinforce routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician.
• Document patient understanding of instructions.
• Distribute patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Fluent in verbal and written English language.
• Able to develop basic computer skills.

Qualifications

• Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
• Six (6) months of nursing assistant experience (preferred).
• None required for education as long as all other position requirements are met.