Nursing Assistant - Float thru weekend

• Sign On Bonus
  : $3,000
• Department: Float
• Schedule: Full-Time Days - 7a - 7:30p, Mon - Fri & EOWE
• Hospital: Henry Ford Health Genesys
• Location: Grand Blanc, Michigan

Facilitate the provision of patient care by performing basic, age-appropriate nursing care to patients under the direct supervision of a registered nurse. Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide care for the age group(s) served.

• Interpersonal skills/teamwork. Demonstrates a positive attitude and willingness to facilitate unit functioning.
• Standards of Performance:
  • Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrate willingness to assist when asked.
  • Demonstrate flexibility in responding to patient/unit needs.
  • Knowledge of and adheres to patient s rights.
  • Demonstrate compassion, concern, and respect to patients.
  • Respect and maintain patient confidentiality.
• Productivity/Professional Behavior. Is a productive/professional member of a health care team.
• Standards of Performance:
  • Show independence by completing duties with appropriate supervision.
  • Utilize time in an efficient manner, completing daily activities in a timely and organized fashion.
  • Show initiative in seeking out appropriate additional duties.
  • Present self in a manner that promotes a positive image.
  • Communicate identifies unit problems following appropriate chain of command and actively participates in the problem-solving process.
  • Work effectively with others.
  • Attend 75% of department meetings and attends in-services regularly.
  • Performs other related duties as requested and as directed.
• Patient Care Skills. Assists the RN/LPN with functions to promote, restore, and maintain optimum patient health.
• Standards of Performance:
  • Participate in the creation and maintenance of a healthy work environment by: i. Accepting professional direction and leadership of the RN ii. Communication with RN, the progress of work assignment, problems encountered, or work completed.
  • Perform patient hygiene activities, i.e., bathing, foot care, shaving, hair care, etc.
  • Assist with patient mobility activities patient ambulation, transfers to chair, etc.
  • Assist with transfer of patients from bed to stretcher/stretcher to bed.
  • Assist with keeping patients clean, dry, and regularly turned to prevent skin breakdown.
  • Perform non-sterile treatments.
  • Assist monitoring and reporting of patient pain levels. Assists patients to achieve optimum comfort levels, i.e., repositioning.
  • Ensure supplies are immediately available by retrieving and returning equipment per procedure.
  • Perform other related duties as requested and directed.
• Patient Care Skills. Assists RN/LPN with inpatient and outpatient monitoring activities.
• Standards of Performance:
  • Obtain patient related information and reports and documents per policy and procedure (to include vital signs, basic patient care, and valuables).
  • Observe and report patient elimination patterns. Empties foley bags and records output.
  • Complete I&O records.
  • Obtain and record patient weights.
  • Assist with preparation of patient for surgery and special procedures.
  • Collect non-sterile specimens.
  • Recognize and report abnormal or unusual situations on a timely basis, i.e., pain, respiratory distress, skin temperature or color changes, skin pressure areas, etc.
  • Utilize computer entry as directed.
  • Per policy, observe patients in restraints for comfort and safety. Ensure that restraint is not restrictive to extremities. Offer food, fluid, and toileting opportunities per policy.
• Dietary-Assists patients with meals, snacks; a)
  Prepares patient for meal service; b)
  Assists patients with menu selection, meal service as needed; c)
  Collects soiled trays from patients in timely manner, takes trays to soiled utility room as needed; d)
  Delivers snacks to patient as requested; e)
  Records patient food intake; f)
  Communicates patient eating problems to appropriate personnel; g)
  Orders non-food
  food items; h)
  Performs other related dietary duties as assigned.
• Transportation-Transports patients in safe, efficient, timely manner; a) Uses proper transfer techniques when moving patients; b) Observes patient condition, notifies appropriate personnel of changes in status.
• Safety-Maintains safe environment for patients, co-workers; a)
  Recognizes unsafe conditions, takes action or reports conditions to supervisor immediately; b) Uses Universal Precautions to protect patients, self from infection, c)
  Demonstrates awareness of, concern for patient safety; d)
  Closely observes patients at risk for fall or injury, follows all related practice guidelines; e)
  Reports, turns in broken or damaged equipment immediately; f)
  Operates all mechanical and electrical equipment in safe, conscientious manner at all times; g)
  Uses correct techniques to dispose of biomedical waste materials; h)
  Practices proper body mechanics in daily work activities.
• Quality Improvement--Participates in quality assessment/quality improvement (QI) activities; a) Includes safety, universal precautions, other activities as assigned; b) Completes QI data collection…