Nursing Assistant I - Patient Monitoring
UNC Health Care
**Description**
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**Join Our Float Pool Team as a CNA – Make a Lasting Impact!**
Are you a dedicated CNA who thrives in a dynamic environment and loves making a difference in patients' lives? We’re seeking a compassionate individual like you to join our Float Pool Team! In this role, you'll have the opportunity to work in various units, build new skills, and provide top-notch care across the hospital. As a Float Pool CNA, you'll support a range of teams, work in different clinical areas, and gain valuable experience to enhance your career.
**Where You’ll Work:**
The ideal candidate should be willing to float between both the UNC Rex Raleigh and UNC Rex Holly Springs Campuses. Daily assignments are based on the current needs of both locations.
**Role Overview:**
In this role, you’ll collaborate with nurses, CNAs, patient sitters, and other healthcare professionals to deliver exceptional care in a variety of settings. You may work in MedSurg units, intensive care, emergency departments, and potentially provide one-on-one care for behavioral health patients. Previous hospital experience is preferred, but we’re open to those eager to learn and grow.
**Shift Requirements:**
This is a per diem/casual position, with shifts from 7 pm to 7 am. You must be able to work at least 36 hours (three 12-hour shifts) every six weeks.
**Why Join Us?**
If you're flexible, a strong team player, and enjoy working independently, this could be the perfect fit for you. You'll be part of a team that values your contributions and gives you the opportunity to grow in a fast-paced, rewarding environment.
Ready to make an impact? We look forward to hearing from you!
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 during emergency situations.
2. In the psychiatric setting, aids patients in reality orientation, participates in behavior modification plans/therapy, provides informal support therapy to patients/families, provides verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aids in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients, facilitates age appropriate play for children, and monitors the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met.
3. Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or physician.
4. Provides assistance to patients and their families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, and discharge
5. Provides care/ treatments to patients as outlined in plan of care including, but not limited to, the measurement of vital signs, height and weight, specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, postural drainage, and supportive 11 patient and family interactions.
6. Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and assisting with ambulation.
7. Provides indirect care to patients and assigned area to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, changing linens, re-stocking supplies, cleaning/sterilizing instruments, transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens, assisting in the orientation of new employees and students, and some routine clerical functions.
8. Reinforces 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 Information**
Other information:
**Education Requirements:**
● None required as long as all other position requirements are met.
**Licensure/Certification Requirements:**
● Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
● Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
**Professional Experience Requirements:**
● Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience
**Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:**
● Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills.
**Job Details**
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: UNC REX Healthcare
Organization Unit: Rex Patient Monitoring
Work Type: Per Diem
Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00
Salary Range: $17.43 - $24.05 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Night Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.
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 applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
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.
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