Job Description

Under direction and supervision of registered Nurse, assists with activities of daily living, provides basic nursing care, and assists in maintenance of a safe and clean environment.

Job Responsibility

* * * 1. Functions as a co-worker to the nurse and a key member of the nursing care team: · Organizes patient care assignment and sets priorities. · Alerts RN co-worker to changes in patient status i.e., alteration in comfort, skin integrity, alterations in breathing pattern, etc. · Documents patient care and patient status changes on the appropriate chart forms. · Communicates routine information to RN periodically during shift i.e., intake and output.

 2. Assists RN in providing for ADL needs of patients: · Prepares patients for meals, and feeds or assists with meals. · Provides between meal nourishment and fresh water to patients. · Bathes or assists patient to bathe, provides oral hygiene. · Toilets patients as necessary. · Maintains patient’s mobility with range of motion exercises and ambulation. · Grooms patient, including shaving, as needed. · Participates with the RN in the development of a plan of care for assigned patient. · Utilizes a plan of care in carrying out patient assignments. 

3. Maintains patient care units in a neat and orderly condition: · Changes and makes beds. · Cleans and straightens bedside table and over-bed tables, as needed. · Strips patient units upon discharge of patient, in preparation for cleaning by Housekeeping Department. · Removes equipment from room. Cleans and place it in appropriate are. · Prepares room for new admissions, transfers and post-operative patients. 

4. Assists Registered Nurse by performing selected procedures and simple treatments: · Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration rate and B.P. on admission and as assigned. · Measures and records fluid intake and output; totals at shift end. · Perform, mount and process EKG’s. · Draw and process blood, as appropriate, within State and County guidelines. Obtains specimens, such as urine, stool and sputum. · Administers enemas, as directed. · Weighs and records patient weight on admission and as indicated. · Shave patients as instructed in preparation for procedures. · Performs simple procedures utilizing aseptic technique (i.e. – applying and changing simple dressings). · Performs simple respiratory treatments, as required (i.e. oral suctioning). 

5. Performs a variety of related duties: · Assists patients in and out of bed, ambulates patients, lifts, turns and positions patients. · Assists with serving of meals; positions patient, cleans over-bed table, and helps distribute and collect trays. · Transports and accompanies patients to various departments, as directed. · Reports missing or damaged equipment to Nursing Unit Secretary. · Maintains non-patient rooms (i.e., utility rooms, linen rooms, kitchens, etc.) in a neat and orderly condition. · Maintains cleanliness of patient care equipment. · Performs constant observation on selected patients as assigned. · Follows medical Center’s policies and procedures to support QA/QI efforts in patient care and services. · Performs post-mortem care and transports body to morgue. 

6. Takes part in Nursing’s continuing education policy by: · Attending nursing attendant course during orientation program. · Participating and completing annual mandatory educational requirements. · Attending nursing attendant staff development programs offered throughout the year.

 7. Performs related duties, as required. *ADA Essential Functions

Job Qualification

· High School Diploma or equivalent, required. · Completion of Nurse Assistant course or equivalent, required. · OR · Prior experience as a Nursing Attendant or equivalent, required. · NYS Nurse Attendant certification, preferred. · Ability to communicate effectively, and follow written and/or oral instructions. · Ability to work in diversified settings. · Ability to lift, turn, position, etc. Patients, as required

*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).