Nursing Assistant II - 1st Floor Family Medicine Unit - Hillsborough
Company: UNC Health Care
Location: Hillsborough
Posted on: April 16, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Description
Description
*This position qualifies for our Nursing Support Incentive Program.
The Nursing Support Incentive Program includes $5,000 paid over a
three (3) year commitment. Learn more about the program here:
UNC Health Care Hillsborough Campus is a community hospital which
is an extension of UNC Medical Center focusing on many of our
elective surgical programs. The 163-bed facility combines a
community hospital culture with the innovative procedures and care
for which the UNC Medical Center is known. The Hillsborough
Hospital has achieved accreditation by The Joint Commission's
disease specific program for their Total Hip and Knee Replacement
service. This accreditation is the result of many years of work by
the inter-professional team caring for these patients. The
Hillsborough Hospital was also designated Dementia Friendly in
2019. The Dementia Friendly Hospital Initiative (DFHI) aims to
achieve high-quality, individualized, patient-centered care for
patients with dementia. Hillsborough Campus is located at 460
Waterstone Drive, Hillsborough, NC and offers State benefits and
free parking for employees.
The 1st Floor Medicine Unit is a 20-bed Inpatient Unit at the
Hillsborough Campus has inpatient beds to care for a varied patient
population to include predominantly family medicine patients, but
also observation, extended recovery from PACU, and other
medical-surgical patients. As part of the team, you will help in
assisting the team to facilitate admissions, treatments, transfer
and discharge of patients.
This is a 36 hours per week position; working 12 hour rotating
shifts (7am-7:30pm and 7pm-7:30am) with weekend and holiday
rotation. This position qualifies for an extensive benefit package
including PTO hours, which are accrued based on the number of
worked hours. This position requires the ability to attend a week
long orientation (Monday through Friday, 7:30am-5:00pm) which is
offered every two weeks.Become part of an inclusive organization
with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the
health and well-being of the unique communities we
serve.Summary:
Provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital,
clinic or home health care setting. All work performed is under the
direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician.
Responsibilities:
1. Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine
examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment
and supplies.
2. Provide administrative and clerical support including PI audits
and data entry
3. Provide clinical support assistance to include, but not limited
to, cleaning the work area, maintaining office equipment,
troubleshooting common software and hardware problems, changing
linens, checking supply inventory, re-stocking supplies,
transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens, and assisting in the
orientation of new employees and students.
4. Provide direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of
care activities such as bathing, dressing, feeding, assisting with
ambulation. Measure and record vital signs, and patient height and
weight. May be responsible for specimen collection, skin
preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple
wound care, range of motion exercises, and/or postural drainage.
Performs Oxygen room set-up and monitors oxygen flow-rate, performs
oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal suctioning, tracheostomy care,
fecal impaction removal, sterile dressing change wound irrigation
for wounds that are 48 hours old, IV fluid assembly and monitoring,
IV site care and discontinue peripheral IV, ostomy irrigation and
care, urinary catheterization and irrigation, performs established
oral, nasogastric, and gastrostomy tube feedings.
5. Reinforce routine teaching given to patients by the registered
nurse or physician and document patient understanding of
instructions. Distributes patient education materials at the
request of patients and/or health care providers
Other InformationOther information:
Education Requirements:
* High School diploma or GED
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* Listed as Nursing Assistant II with the North Carolina Board of
Nursing.
* Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department
of Health and Human Services.
* Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider
certification
Professional Experience Requirements:
* Six (6) months related nursing assistant experience
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
* Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop
basic computer skills.
Job DetailsLegal Employer: STATEEntity: UNC Medical Center
Hillsborough
Organization Unit: Med Surg IP 1 HBO H Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00Salary Range: $17.50 - $24.63 per
hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: OnsiteWork Schedule: RotatingLocation of Job:
US:NC:HillsboroughExempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their
race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and
employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants
and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are
invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email
[emailprotected] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search
and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
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