Nursing Assistant - Phlebotomy

Summary

Under the supervision of the Registered Nurse and within hospital and department policies and procedures, assists in caring for patients and/or families from admission to discharge.

A nursing assistant is a paraprofessional trained to provide personal care and related health care and assistance to individuals who are sick, disabled, or infirm, and who are residents of or receiving services from health care facilities or agencies licensed by the state and holds a license as a nursing assistant issued by the Department of Health.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another. The core Success Factors include:
Instill Trust and Value Differences;
Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate.

• Collaborate with Registered Nurse to organize work and set priorities.
• Personal Care Skills.
• Basic Nursing Assistant Skills as outlined by Rhode Island Department of Health.
• Rehabilitation
  
  Skills:
  
  Perform daily activities of living, ambulate patient as appropriate.
• Maintenance of Safe Environment:
  Report unsafe conditions and equipment issues.
• Recognition of and Reporting Signs and Symptoms:
  Communicate all pertinent patient observations to the Registered Nurse.
• Safety:
  Maintain quality assurance and infection control, document data in EHR, perform responsibilities in emergency/code situations.
• May function as a patient observer.
• Performs other related duties as required.

• Current Rhode Island license as a Nursing Assistant.
• High school graduate or equivalent preferred.
• Ability to perform basic computer skills.
• Certified in American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS).
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span.
• One-year experience as a Nursing Assistant preferred.

Works in healthcare environments such as acute care hospitals, physicians' offices, and ancillary health care enterprises. Prolonged sitting, standing, and walking. Repeated bending, squatting, and stooping. May be required to lift/turn patients and equipment.

Works under the supervision of the Registered Nurse within the scope of hospital and department policies and practices and the Rhode Island Department of Health Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation.

Pay Range: $17.00 - $25.31

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

The Miriam Hospital - 164 Summit Ave Providence, Rhode Island 02906

Weekdays, 11a-1130p, every other weekend, every other holiday.

Evening

12 hours

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