Nursing Assistant - East- Acute Care Medicine

Nursing Assistant I- 3 East
- Acute Care Medicine

Apply for a Nursing Assistant I position in the 3 East Acute Care Medicine unit at UNC Health. This role offers direct patient care under the supervision of registered nurses and physicians.

This position qualifies for the Nursing Support Incentive Program, which includes $5,000 paid over a two‑year commitment. Learn more about the program here: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).-program

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3 East is a 28‑bed unit designed to facilitate throughput for the UNC REX Emergency Department. Patients are admitted with a wide variety of medical diagnoses including TIA, falls, syncope, nausea and vomiting, cellulitis, anemia, and flu.

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.

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, and procure 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 and families; provide verbal de‑escalation of potentially aggressive patients; aid in physical management of aggressive/out‑of‑control patients; facilitate age‑appropriate play for children; and monitor therapeutic milieu activities to ensure emotional and safety needs are met.
• Observe, collect, and document patient information obtained while providing care; promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or physician.
• Provide assistance to patients and families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, 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, and supportive patient and family interactions.
• Provide direct personal care to patients as outlined in the plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding, and 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 new employees and students, and performing some routine clerical functions.
• Reinforce routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions. Distribute patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers.

• None required as long as all other position requirements are met.

• Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

• Preferred: six (6) months of nursing assistant experience.

• Fluent in verbal and written English and able to develop basic computer skills.

• Legal
  
  Employer:
  
  NCHEALTH
• Entity: UNC REX Healthcare
• Organization Unit:
  Rex 3 East Medical Observation
• Work Type:
  Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
• Salary Range: $17.60 – $24.29 per hour (Hiring Range)
• Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.
• Work Assignment Type:
  Onsite
• Work Schedule:
  
  Variable
• Location of Job: US:
  
  NC:
  
  Raleigh
• Exempt From Overtime:
  No

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or political affiliation.

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