Nursing Assistant – Behavioral Health
Listed on 2026-02-01
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Healthcare
Healthcare Nursing, Patient Care Technician
Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and the people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care — a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge.
We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.
Location:
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Address: 933
E. Pierce St. – Council Bluffs, IA
Work Schedule:
Day Shift, 2×12 shifts, 7a-7:30p, Every Third Weekend
Helps patients by supporting personal hygiene and daily living needs; providing comfort, transportation, and vital sign monitoring. Helps patients by cleaning and preparing treatment space while ensuring patient safety.
Incentives- $2,000 Sign-on bonus
- Shift differentials & other financial incentives
- Tuition assistance
- Academic sponsorship with Methodist College
- Free parking
- Gives individualized customer service/patient care.
- Completes age specific competency assessment.
- Responds to patient needs promptly and courteously.
- Obtains feedback from patients and visitors regarding their hospital experience.
- Communicates patient issues to the appropriate staff.
- Maintains a positive attitude while responding to requests in a timely and accurate manner.
- Communicates with other members of the healthcare team (food service, secretaries, housekeeping, etc.) as indicated.
- Actively participates in report process.
- Reports patient comfort needs to nurse in a timely manner.
- Assures that skin is clean and dry.
- Reports any noticed skin changes.
- Provides personal care and assists with ADL (activities of daily living).
- Provides assistance with repositioning, turning and chair transfers.
- Assists as necessary with ambulation.
- Completes vital signs per patient’s plan of care.
- Weighs patients per patient’s plan of care.
- Reinforces patient education.
- Provides transportation assistance.
- Reports any variation from patient’s plan of care to professional staff.
- Attends to patient amenities; e.g., newspaper, mail.
- Documentation is completed in an ongoing basis prior to end of shift.
- Documentation reflects patient’s responses to activities according to patient’s plan of care.
- Documentation reflects care delivered.
- Completes daily room cleaning according to established procedures for high dusting, vacuuming, mopping hard surface floors, disinfecting vertical surfaces, and spot cleaning vertical surfaces.
- Keep rooms neat and tidy, free of clutter.
- Removes trash and soiled linen from room each shift and as needed.
- Maintains patient environment, such as spills and room temperature, or actively utilizes Integrated Services team to do so properly.
- Distributes linens to servitors per par levels.
- Straightens and restocks patient care areas per par levels.
- Attends to patient amenities; e.g., newspapers, mail, watering plants.
- Answers Call Lights in a timely manner and…
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