NURSING ASSISTANT-Inpatient

3 months ago

Portland, Oregon, United States Department Of Veterans Affairs Full time
Summary

These positions are located within the Medical Surgery Unit at the VA Portland Healthcare System located in Portland, OR.

A Recruitment Incentive may be available to highly qualified candidates

Duties

Duties:


Provides assistance with bathing and personal hygiene needs, shower or bed bath, shaving, nail care, toileting, and activities of daily living.

Drains catheter bags, sets up meal trays and assists with feeding, monitors and documents food/fluid intake and output, and turns and repositions bedridden patients regularly to prevent skin breakdown.

Uses appropriate safe patient handling (SPH) equipment for patient turns, re-positioning and transfers to minimize risk of injury to patient and self.

Keeps patient area clean and tidy, removes excess clutter, and makes beds. Answers the call light and does bedside rounding. Room set up for admission, and breakdown for discharges.

At all times demonstrates effective and professional communication skills with the patient and family, especially with clients experiencing behavioral issues, depression, anger, irritation, suicide ideation, substance abuse withdrawal and pain or discomfort.

Identifies and reports data relative to more complex patient situations including subtle changes in patients' behavior or condition, or variances related to neurological signs, vital signs, and other parameters.


Major duties will include, but will not be limited to:


Takes direction and assists nurses in the care and treatment of the ill receiving medical, surgical, psychiatric, or outpatient treatment.

Observes and reports to the professional nurse changes in patient vital signs, behavior, attitude, bodily complaints, and appearance. Reports atypical or abnormal capillary blood glucose (CBG) results and vital signs to the nurse immediately. Ensures two patient identifiers for all tests conducted, e.g., ECG's and CBG's.

Provides appropriate level care to patients experiencing extremes of behavior, including the severely depressed, suicidal, or homicidal patient, and the drug or alcohol abuse patient.

Recognizes emergency situations and intervenes while awaiting assistance.

Provides nursing treatment for acutely ill patients whose needs require advance skill such as (DS)placing patient on cardiac monitor, taking EKG's(DS).


Assists nurses in the performance of bedside diagnostic examinations and therapies by ensuring patient privacy, setting up with equipment and supplies and performing duties such as monitoring vital signs, preparing and positioning the patient, or by performing a variety of routine diagnostic tests.

Maintains cleanliness and removes unnecessary items from the immediate procedural area. Observes universal precautions and facility workplace guidelines at all times. Reports observations of the condition of acute or chronic phase patients such as excessive vomiting, professional bleeding, nurse.

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to outside the of the unit.

Enters specific information onto patients' records or charts, including vital signs and daily weights.

Follows designated charting technique to post to patients' charts that provides a daily outline or summary of the patient's care.

Documents pertinent information inducing current health status, and/or subtle changes in the patient's biopsychosocial status. Performs direct patient support work including personal patient care and/or patient teaching.

Teaches patients and family members the necessity to continue recommended therapeutic procedures for proper health care.

Provides specific health information based on patient's condition, e.g., acceptance of limited physical mobility, proper body mechanics, pre- and postoperative breathing techniques, etc.

Refers inquires as appropriate to professional nurses and other members of the interdisciplinary team.

Work Schedule:
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Telework:
Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 000000

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:
Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

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