Nursing Assistant / NA Med Surg

Overview

Join our team as a PRN Medical Surgical Nursing Assistant in Montclair, NJ.

Fulfilling your purpose begins here:

People First, Always. Here's how we take care of our people:

• Competitive salaries, support teams and growth opportunities.

Your team is bigger than your department:

• Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center is an 820,000-square-foot facility that offers the latest medical programs, cutting-edge technology, and patient-focused care that includes 365 beds, 1,200+ employees and a 27-bed Emergency Room/Fast Track Unit.

• We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic nursing care to patient

• Assist nursing personnel and physician in emergency care

• Accept responsibility for providing safe, appropriate, quality patient care

• Perform out of bed/back to bed as appropriate

• Observe patient while performing delegated tasks and report significant findings regarding patient safety, personal need and change in patient's condition to the licensed nurse.

• Respond to call light promptly and courteously

• Maintain confidentiality of patient record

• Assist patient in wheel chair, on stretcher and ambulating

• Monitor vital signs, specimen collection, intake and output, meal consumption, height and weight, blood glucose testing/monitoring, point of care testing

• Perform any and all other duties assigned

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED
• At least 1 year of Nursing Assistant experience

Preferred Job Requirements:

• CNA certification