REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
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High school or equivalent, one year of hospital experience AND completion of one of the following technical programs:
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n- Completion of a recognized Nurse Assistant program OR
n- Completion of Medical Corpsman program OR
n- Completion of EMT program OR
n- Is enrolled in a recognized School of Nursing and has completed the first semester of education which contains clinical concepts and health assessment or the equivalent
n- Has obtained and provided documentation of completion of 2 or more of the following:
n- Emergency Dispatch
n- POCT test site manager
n- Cross-training to HUC duties
n- Patient Care Assistant trainer
n- Perform Unit Audits- 1 per month per unit/ department manager
n- Cast placement
n- Perform/ Assist with High-Level Disinfection
n- Set up of delivery tables
n- Set-up and assistance with minor operating procedures
n- Set-up and assistance with area specific diagnostic procedures
n- Language assistance
n- Burn tub room duties which includes splint applications: mouth spreaders, upper and lower extremities, positioning patients prone, application of pressure wrapping: coban ace wraps, surginet pressure garments, tubigrip/jobst garments, burn dressing preparation and application and assists in application of biobrane/transcyte
n- INQN, IDERAD, PACS system resource/user
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LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS:
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Required:
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JOB SUMMARY:
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To provide technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas and serve as a leader/ mentor for the assigned unit(s).
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ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
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n- Collects, reports, and documents data. Takes vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects specimens.
n- Obtains blood samples by venipuncture.
n- Acquires 12 lead EKG.
n- Performs and reports POCT.
n- Assists with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse/designee as indicated by the patient’s plan of care.
n- Provides for patients’ personal hygiene. Bathes patients, performs oral suctioning, superficial wound care, assists with elimination, and cares for the incontinent patient and the patient with a urinary catheter. Assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and provides ostomy care.
n- Assists with feeding.
n- Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility.
n- Assists with the admission, transfer, and discharge of the patient.
n- Assists the healthcare team by preparing patients and chaperoning during examinations/procedures or assists with other patient treatments.
n- Provides for patient safety related to age and condition.
n- Assists with patient restraints and maintains patient-specific safety precautions.
n- Collects, reports, and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and unusual patient and family behavior.
n- Cares for the patient from a correctional environment
n- Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and health records at all times.
n- Provides and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and/or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures.
n- Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.
n- Assists with patient requests for other hospital services.
n- Participates in one leadership activity per fiscal year
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MARGINAL OR PERIODIC FUNCTIONS:
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n- Video monitoring duties as assigned.
n- Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
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SALARY RANGE:
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Salary commensurate with experience.
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WORK SCHEDULE:
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Full-time