Nursing Assistant

1 day ago

Oswego, New York, United States Oswego Health Full time
Job Summary

The Nursing Assistant provides critical support to the nursing team and delivers direct care to patients in accordance with established nursing care procedures. This role involves assisting with routine daily care tasks, including eating, showering, dressing, and other essential activities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Report observations of patients to the nurse caring for the patient to ensure professional assessment.
  • Communicate effectively with the team leader or charge nurse regarding treatments, observations, patient complaints, and other pertinent information.
  • Perform Intake & Output; check vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure), height and weight; perform sugar and acetone urine testing, specimen collection, and post-mortem care.
  • Adapt to the different needs of patients by providing patient care, including providing and clearing bedpans and urinals, providing baths, backrubs, shampoos and shaves, assisting patients with showers, assisting with meals and feeds patients, and providing fresh water and nourishment between meals.
  • Maintain awareness of patient's diet and/or restrictions.
  • Safely ambulates, turns and positions patients.
  • Promptly answer patient call lights (whether that of assigned patient or not).
  • Anticipate patient's needs; check on patients regularly, ensure call light and personal articles are within patient's reach; demonstrate a cooperative attitude when assisting patients.
  • Occasionally administer nonsterile dressings, ice packs, heat treatments, sitz and therapeutic baths as needed.
  • Assist the patient in the admission, transfer and discharge process; Provide patient education on admission to the nursing unit.
  • Perform responsibilities in the collection, labeling and transportation of specimens.
  • Completes documentation as assigned.
  • Take responsibility for patient's clothing and securing other personal property per policy.
  • Routinely provide for patient safety through preventive measures (i.e. siderails, restraints per physician order, low bed position and safe transport to other areas.
  • Strictly follow principles of asepsis and infection control for routine cleaning of equipment, supplies, and performing patient care.
  • Correctly identify patient by name and ID band for all direct care, procedures or treatment
Requirements
  • Basic knowledge of medical terminology and nursing practices is preferred.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
Working Conditions
  • Requires frequent walking, standing, bending, lifting, pushing and pulling during the work day.
  • Requires ability to lift, move, carry, push or pull approximately 50 pounds with assistance using proper body mechanics and/or available equipment to safely ambulate and transport patients.
  • Requires the use of standard office equipment.
  • Exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, and infectious/hazardous materials.
  • Participates in in-service programs; attends all mandatory classes as required; completes unit-specific competencies, cross-training, and accepts assignments to other units/shifts as hospital needs require.
  • Actively participates in Quality Assurance programs and CQI.
  • Occasionally attends meetings with staff and committees.
  • Attendance required at assigned date, time, and location.
  • Complies with DOH requirements for annual health assessments and required immunizations.

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