Nursing Assistant

This position is located in the Kayenta Service Unit, Division of Nursing Services, Inpatient Unit, Kayenta, Arizona. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a support staff responsible for the prioritizing of tasks assigned under the supervision of licensed professional nursing staff utilizing universal precautions and ensuring a safe, clean and orderly environment conductive to the delivery of quality nursing care in the In-Patient and Obstetrical Care Units.

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a support staff responsible for the prioritizing of tasks assigned under the supervision of licensed professional nursing staff utilizing universal precautions and ensuring a safe, clean and orderly environment conducive to the delivery of quality nursing care in the In-Patient and Obstetrical Care Units.

• Provides nursing care to assigned patients
• Assists in admitting and discharging patients
• Reports and observes the patient's change of condition and reactions
• Assists health care providers
• Performs waived testing
• Obtains sterile specimens from drainage system
• Sets up for oxygen administration
• Assists with cleaning, irrigating and dressing complex wounds
• Assists the licensed nursing staff/physicians with IV initiation, obtaining lab specimens
• Maintains clinical records
• Maintains a courteous and professional caring attitude