Nursing Assistant, Med Surg

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Must be courteous to patients, customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Identify and locate needed accessories to facilitate transport.

Answering call lights.

Making beds both empty and occupied.

Setting up all equipment routinely used on their home base units.

Preparing room for admission.

Assist with patient discharges

Removal of linens.

Answering telephone.

Must wear facility provided identification badge.

Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family member, visitors, volunteers, and co-workers.

Facilitate communication to RNs to provide best care possible for patients

Performs other work-related duties and activities as assigned or requested by his/her immediate supervisor.

Additional NURSING ASSISTANT PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Transports patients via wheelchairs and stretchers.

Vital signs, oxygen saturation, weights, and non-invasive specimen collection.

Turning and positioning patients, range of motion, ambulation, and toiletry.

Assistance with all ADL's and complete care as needed.

Setting up, assisting and educating patients, with commodes, bedpans, urinals, sitz baths, walkers, wheelchairs, slings, venodyne boots, crutches, specific precautions- with input from PT as needed

Appropriate emptying and/or recording of all drainage devices.

Postmortem care.

Nursing Assistant - Grade FHS5A, Job Code: 00333

• Ability to read, write and communication in English

• Must meet at least one of the following qualifications:

• a) Successful completion of a Nursing Assistant Program

• b) Successful completion of a Medical Assistant Program

• c) Successful completion of an EMT Program

• d) Successful completed of an LPN Program

• e) Equivalent clinical Military experience

• f) Completed at least one year of an accredited Nursing School Program

• g) Successful completion of the Falmouth Hospital Nursing Assistant Will-Train or Trainee program

• Current Basic Life Support Certification

• Successful passage of CPI training within 6 months from hire and must maintain recertification annually