Nursing Assistant​/Surgical, Oncology, General Medicine, Hospice Nights

Overview

General Summary 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 patients’ 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 such as ambulation and transfers to chair.
• 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. Assist patients to achieve optimum comfort levels, e.g., 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 document per policy and procedure (to include vital signs, basic patient care, and valuables).
• Observe and report patient elimination patterns. Empty 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.
• Observe patients in restraints for comfort and safety per policy; ensure 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 a timely manner, takes trays to soiled utility room as needed; d) Delivers snacks to patients as requested; e) Records patient food intake; f) Communicates patient eating problems to appropriate personnel;
  
  g) Orders non-food and food items; h) Performs other related dietary duties as assigned.
• Transportation - Transports patients in a 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…