Nurses Aide (NA), Sitter Costs

at  RWJBarnabas Health

JOB OVERVIEW:

The Nursing Assistant is a caregiver who assists patients with activities of daily living and provides nursing care to non-acutely ill patients. Also assists in maintaining patient care areas and equipment clean and organized. Will also perform patient watches. Will not be required to perform phlebotomy and EKG skills

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• High School Diploma
• BLS Certification through American Heart Association only
• Successful completion of all Orientation Programs

Preferred:

• At least one-year experience as a Nursing Assistant

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS:

• Nights 11:00PM 7:00AM
• Every other weekend required. Schedule during the week will vary depending on department needs
• Full-Time (37.5 hrs)
• 2 Week Mandatory Orientation

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Answers call lights and assist patients promptly and courteously
• Assists in maintaining all patient care areas, including cleaning and organizing equipment
• Assists with ambulating protocol, techniques and assistive devices, weighing patients, applying flowtron boots, elastic stockings, and transportation to ancillary departments, etc.
• Contributes to the unit s overall patient satisfaction score by doing regular rounding, escalation of complaints and providing service recovery.
• Demonstrates principles of self care and supports colleagues.

OTHER DUTIES:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.