Nursing Assistant

Company: Methodist Health System
Location: Council Bluffs
Posted on: August 3, 2022

Job Description:

• Purpose of Job
  • Helps patients by supporting personal hygiene and daily living needs; providing comfort, transportation, and vital sign monitoring.
  • Job Requirements
    • Education
      • High School diploma or General Educational Development (GED) preferred.
      • Completion of first clinical rotation as Nursing Assistant preferred.
      • Successful completion of the 75-hour state approved course for Nurse Assistant required.
      • Will consider high school students 16 years or older who have completed the above requirements.
      • Experience
        • Previous cleaning, food service and/or patient related experience preferred, but not required.
        • One to three months on the job experience to learn hospital procedures and work routines preferred.
        • Orientation provided.
        • License/Certifications
          • Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.
          • Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
            • Require the ability to understand and carry out instructions, follow schedules, communicate information, read simple and clear instructions and complete reports.
            • Must be able to collect, record, and report patient needs to the appropriate caregiver.
            • Requires ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills commensurate with job description.
            • Participate in mandatory inservices and continuing education programs as mandated by policies and procedures/external agencies and as directed by supervisor.
            • Physical Requirements
              • Weight Demands
                • Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force
                • Physical Activity
                  • Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
                    • Climbing
                    • Crawling
                    • Kneeling
                    • Sitting
                    • Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
                      • Balancing
                      • Carrying
                      • Crouching
                      • Distinguish colors
                      • Keyboarding/typing
                      • Lifting
                      • Pulling/Pushing
                      • Repetitive Motions
                      • Stooping/bending
                      • Twisting
                      • Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
                        • Fingering/Touching
                        • Grasping
                        • Hearing
                        • Reaching
                        • Seeing/Visual
                        • Speaking/talking
                        • Standing
                        • Walking
                        • Job Hazards
                          • Not Related:
                            • Electrical Shock/Static
                            • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
                            • Rare (1-33%):
                              • Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-Ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
                              • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means) - NICU only
                              • Occasionally (34%-66%):
                                • Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
                                • Equipment/Machinery/Tools
                                • Explosives (pressurized gas)
                                • Hazardous Drugs (exposure risks, protective personal equipment required)
                                • Frequent (67%-100%):
                                  • Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
                                  • Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
                                  • Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
                                  • Essential Job Functions
                                    • Essential Functions I
                                      • Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the customer/patient, to ensure understanding and comfort level of treatment, as outlined in the Age Specific Criteria.
                                        • Gives individualized customer service/patient care.
                                        • Completes age specific competency assessment.
                                        • Exhibits excellent interpersonal relations with patients, co-workers, physicians, and guests to ensure effective communications.
                                          • Responds to patient needs promptly and courteously.
                                          • Obtains feedback from patients and visitors regarding their hospital experience.
                                          • Communicates patient issues to the appropriate staff.
                                          • Maintains a positive attitude while responding to requests in a timely and accurate manner.
                                          • Communicates with other members of the health care team (food service, secretaries, housekeeping, etc.) as indicated.
                                          • Actively participates in report process.
                                          • Completes clinical activities identified in the patient's plan of care to meet patients' comfort/activity/sleep needs and other clinical patient needs as delegated by professional staff.
                                            • Reports patient comfort needs to nurse in a timely manner.
                                            • Assures that skin is clean and dry.
                                            • Reports any noticed skin changes.
                                            • Provides personal care and assists with ADL (activities of daily living).
                                            • Provides assistance with repositioning, turning and chair transfers.
                                            • Assists as necessary with ambulation.
                                            • Completes vital signs per patient's plan of care.
                                            • Weighs patients per patient's plan of care.
                                            • Reinforce patient education regarding; e.g., pulmonary hygiene.
                                            • Provides transportation assistance.
                                            • Reports any variation from patient's plan of care to professional staff.
                                            • Attends to patient amenities; e.g., newspaper, mail.
                                            • Maintains patient nutritional status by completing all intake/output activities in a timely and accurate manner to promote customer satisfaction.
                                              • Assists patients with menu selection within the designated timeframes and ensures menu balance.
                                              • Serves meal according to established guidelines.
                                              • Feeds patients as necessary.
                                              • Records liquid and solid intake.
                                              • Records intake accurately for calculation of calorie count.
                                              • Records output.
                                              • Monitors Nourishment Center supplies and maintains a sanitary environment.
                                              • Documents all data collected, in Cerner and/or on worksheets, accurately, completely, and in a timely manner to provide an accurate record of patient activities and response to activities.
                                                • Documentation is completed in an ongoing basis prior to end of shift.
                                                • Documentation reflects patient's responses to activities according to patient's plan of care.
                                                • Documentation reflects care delivered.
                                                • Provides housekeeping activities to contribute to a safe, efficient, effective and sanitary patient care environment.
                                                  • Completes daily room cleaning according to established procedures.
                                                  • Keep rooms neat and tidy, free of clutter.
                                                  • Removes trash and soiled linen from room each shift and as needed.
                                                  • Maintains patient environment, such as spills and room temperature, or actively utilizes Integrated Services team to do so properly.
                                                  • Distributes linens to servidors per par levels.
                                                  • Straightens and restocks patient care areas per par levels.
                                                  • Attends to patient amenities; e.g., newspapers, mail, watering plants.
                                                  • Consistently recognizes and utilizes measures to provide for safe, efficient, patient care and work environment.
                                                    • Answers Call Lights in a timely manner and response to the patient request and/or relays request to appropriate resource when necessary.
                                                    • Performs other duties as delegated/under the direction of the professional staff.
                                                    • Assures coverage of all duties when self or other staff are off the nursing unit.
                                                    • Assists other team members when own work is complete.
                                                    • Appropriately reports incidents.
                                                    • Utilizes Standard Precautions and Transmission-based Precautions infection control techniques correctly and consistently.
                                                    • Directly responsible to the staff nurse and assists in the care of the patient by performing delegated activities utilizing the reciprocal process of the 4 Rights of Delegation.
                                                      • Right task (within the scope of practice, according to the job description, and based on the desired outcome, task routine, non-complex, low risk and predictable outcome).
                                                      • Right person (assess competency by certification/licensure, job description, skills checklist, demonstrated skill).
                                                      • Right communication (clear, concise, correct, complete).
                                                      • Right feedback: The Reciprocal Process (timely, specific, checkpoints).
                                                      • 4H Job Expectations:
                                                        • Participate in Daily Huddle at nurse's station at beginning of shift.
                                                        • Hourly rounding in every patient room to check for the three P's (pain position and potty) on the even hours.
                                                        • Rounding in the patient rooms at shift change for report in front of the patient.
                                                        • At shift change the conference room, locker room, mini nurses stations, dirty/clean and break rooms are to be cleaned before staff leave for the day.
                                                        • Every patient room is to be clean, fresh water, trash, linen picked up and changed as needed. Ice bags to be changed every 1-2 hours.
                                                        • All patients to get a bath, teeth brush, men shaved, Foley care during the day and for HS cares this includes backrub, teeth brush, Foley care.
                                                        • Monthly cleaning assignment performed and signed off on the cleaning log.
                                                        • Any bath or HS cares on your team not completed is to be reported to your manager/charge nurse.
                                                        • All surgical's to receive a Hibiclens bath before going to surgery.
                                                        • All heels elevated up off the bed on a pillow (no pressure to heels). ..... click apply for full job details

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