Job description
$10,000.00 SIGN-ON BONUS (connect with our Talent Acquisition team on eligibility requirements)
- Performs Activity of Daily Living (ADL) care including, but not limited to:
- Essential Daily Care:
- Oral care, bathing, showering, shaving, hair washing and maintenance, incontinence care and toileting/elimination needs.
- Changing bed linen.
- Maintaining a decluttered patient care area.
- Understanding available products for patient care and when to utilize.
- Safety and Preventative Care:
- Infection prevention.
- Skin and pressure injury prevention.
- Fall prevention.
- Patient safety: setting and responding appropriately to patient safety alarms.
- Environmental safety: understanding and performing regulatory compliance.
- Patient Mobility:
- Patient turning and offloading.
- Ambulation, mobility in room, range of motion.
- Understanding patient mobility assist devices and appropriate use of for patient safety.
- Use of patient lift equipment as per Safe Patient Handling (SPH) policy.
- Nutrition:
- Assist with meal tray delivery, collection, and documentation of amount consumed.
- Set up and assist patients with meals, including feeding.
- Essential Daily Care:
- Performs patient data collection, including but not limited to:
- Use of data collection equipment: Vital signs, EKG, bladder scan, transfer devices, telemetry, Massimo
- Documentation in EMR:
- Components of vital signs, height and weight, intake and output measurement (including drains, urinary catheter and suction devices.)
- Essential care performed.
- Intentional rounding.
- Provides direct patient monitoring, including but not limited to:
- Safety Attendant (SA) at bedside for prevention of unintentional or intentional (suicide precautions) self-harm.
- Video surveillance.
- Performs patient care interventions as delegated and within scope of practice and validated competency, including but not limited to:
- Phlebotomy, EKG’s, specimen collection, blood glucose measurement and telemetry.
- Others patient care needs, including but not limited to:
- Prepare patient rooms for admissions, discharges. Update whiteboards. Provide unit / room stocking of supplies.
- Care of a patient with invasive lines and devices within NA scope of practice.
- Transporting patients on/off unit.
- Responding to emergency situation.
- Communication with patient care team to ensure delivery of quality care.
- Unit-specific / patient population specific interventions as delegated (example: psychiatry patients, pediatric patients, etc.)
Communicates effectively with nursing and healthcare team, including but not limited to:
Understands and reports out of range patient data values to covering RN.- Recognize and report patient changes to covering RN.
- Performs shifts reports with oncoming staff.
- Demonstrates initiative and understanding of job duties through communication with healthcare team and own self initiative.
- Relating and respecting each patient individually.
- Meeting needs of each patient to ensure excellent patient care is delivered. This includes a patient’s cognitive, physical and emotional needs, as well as their personal preference, cultural and religious beliefs.
Performs similar or related duties as requested or directed:
Performs other duties as requested by healthcare and leadership team, within the scope of practice.
Education:
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
- No experience required.
- BLS within 6 months of hire date.
- Reading, writing, typing (at least 20 words per minute), and basic math skills required.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients and staff.
- Ability to function as an active team member.
- Demonstrates competency in required skills relevant to area of practice.
- Walking, standing, bending, and kneeling throughout the shift.
- Ability to lift and position patient is required.
- Lifting, moving heavy equipment.
- Category I risk exposure as defined by OSHA.
- Must be able to identify and differentiate colors.
Medical, dental and vision insurance- Life insurance and disability protection
- Retirement benefits and more…
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