Job: Nursing Attendant

Jobing Description

Nursing Attendant-FRA0001IK

Description

Franklin Hospital is a 305-bed facility that proves a hospital can be both fully advanced and community friendly. We provide an array of the very latest services and equipment to residents of Southeast Queens and Nassau County's South Shore-including one of the region's most sophisticated Emergency Departments. Help sustain our traditions of individual concern and service excellence.

Under direction and supervision of Registered Nurse, assists patients with activities of daily living, provides basic nursing care, and assists in maintenance of a safe and clean environment.

1. Functions as a co-worker to the nurse and a key member of the nursing care team:

* Organizes patient care assignment and sets priorities.
* Alerts RN co-worker to changes in patient status i.e., alteration in comfort, skin integrity, alterations in breathing pattern, etc.
* Documents patient care and patient status changes on the appropriate chart forms.
* Communicates routine information to RN periodically during shift i.e., intake and output.

2. Assists RN in providing for ADL needs of patients:

* Prepares patients for meals, and feeds or assists with meals.
* Provides between meal nourishment and fresh water to patients.
* Bathes or assists patient to bathe, provides oral hygiene.
* Toilets patients as necessary.
* Maintains patient's mobility with range of motion exercises and ambulation.
* Grooms patient, including shaving, as needed.
* Participates with the RN in the development of a plan of care for assigned patient.
* Utilizes a plan of care in carrying out patient assignments.

3. Maintains patient care units in a neat and orderly condition:

* Changes and makes beds.
* Cleans and straightens bedside table and over bed tables, as needed.
* Strips patient units upon discharge of patient, in preparation for cleaning by Housekeeping Department.
* Removes equipment from room. Cleans and place it in appropriate area.
* Prepares room for new admissions, transfers and post-operative patients.

4. Assists Registered Nurse by performing selected procedures and simple treatments:

* Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration rate and B.P. on admission and as assigned.
* Measures and records fluid intake and output; totals at shift end.
* Obtains specimens, such as urine, stool and sputum.
* Administers enemas, as directed.
* Weighs and records patient weight on admission and as indicated.
* Shave patients as instructed in preparation for procedures.
* Performs simple procedures utilizing aseptic technique (i.e. applying and changing simple dressings).
* Performs simple respiratory treatments, as required (i.e. suctioning).

5. Performs a variety of related duties:

* Assists patients in and out of bed, ambulates patients, lifts, turns and positions patients.
* Assists with serving of meals; positions patient, cleans over bed table, and helps distribute and collect trays.
* Transports and accompanies patients to various departments, as directed.
* Reports missing or damaged equipment to Unit Service Coordinator.
* Maintains non-patient rooms (i.e., utility rooms, linen rooms, kitchens, etc.) in a neat and orderly condition.
* Maintains cleanliness of patient care equipment.
* Performs constant observation on selected patients as assigned.
* Follows medical Center's policies and procedures to support QA/QI efforts in patient care and services.
* Performs post-mortem care and transports body to morgue.

6. Takes part in Nursling's continuing education policy by:

* Attending nursing attendant course during orientation program.
* Participating and completing annual mandatory educational requirements.
* Attending nursing attendant staff development programs offered throughout the year.

7. Performs related duties, as required.

*ADA Essential Functions

Qualifications

* High School Diploma or equivalency, required.
* Prior experience as a Nursing Attendant, preferred.
* Ability to lift, turn and position patients, as required.
* Ability to work in diversified settings.
* Ability to communicate effectively and follow written and/or oral instructions.

Our Culture

Transforming care, optimizing patient satisfaction and creating better patient outcomes are just some of the things our talented team members are doing at North Shore-LIJ each and every day. As a culture committed to providing our customers with the highest quality service, we stand behind our core values: Patients first; Caring; Excellence; Innovation; Integrity and Teamwork. It is our commitment and our culture that sets us apart from others and is the cornerstone of everything we do. Join an organization whose team members are valued, cared for and offered continuous opportunities to grow. Click on the link to learn more about us: www.northshorelij.com/goals

Please note: North Shore-LIJ is a smoke-free environment. Smoking and the use of tobacco products is strictly prohibited anywhere on campus, including parking lots and outdoor areas on the premises. Free smoking cessation programs and quit medications are offered to team members who wish to quit through the North Shore-LIJ Center for Tobacco Control.

Job
: Nursing Assistant

Primary Location
: Franklin Hospital -- Valley Stream

Organization
: Franklin Medical Center

Schedule
: Part Time

Shift
: Night Job

11:00 PM-7:00 AM

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