Nursing Support Assistant - Interventional PCU

Melbourne, Florida

Employer: Health First
Industry: Nursing Assistant
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

To be fully engaged in providing Quality/No Harm, Customer Experience, and Stewardship by assisting department staff with basic patient care duties, stocking and ensuring rooms are supplied and set up for customers.

PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

  • Supports engagement though adherence to the I-CARE commitments.
  • Provides basic care to patients in a clean and safe environment under the direction of a CNA, RN, or other certified or licensed clinical professional.
  • Provides service to patients and families with sensitivity and respect for their needs, expectations, age, cultural and individual differences.
  • Demonstrates effective communication with other members of the health care team and promotes effective team functioning.
  • Responds to patient's call lights • Stocks patient rooms and department cabinets with Personal Protective Equipment.
  • Provides patient comfort measures under the direction of a CNA, RN, or other certified or licensed clinical professional.
  • Provides nourishments, water and juices to patients as directed.
  • Stocks supplies in nourishment room.
  • Prepares discharge packets.
  • Completes assigned tasks in a timely manner.
  • Demonstrates dependability, reliability, and flexibility.


Qualifications:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Education: High School Education or Equivalent.
  • Experience: Previous health care experience preferred.
  • Certification: American Heart Association, Basic Life Support Health Care Provider within 30 days of hire and maintain.
  • Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
    • Must meet unit-specific care requirements.
    • Ability to speak and understand verbal and written instructions in the English language.
    • Ability to focus and prioritize multiple activities.


PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Medium

  • Physically agile; may require walking, standing running, bending, stooping, kneeling, climbing or crouching frequently.
  • Medium work that may include lifting or moving objects up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, with or without assistance.
  • May require moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces, including reaching out and above shoulders or over head.
  • May lift, turn, pull, push, or ambulate people and/or equipment with or without assistance up to 90% of the assigned shift.
  • May be exposed to inside and outside environments with varied temperatures, air quality, lighting and/or low to loud noise.
  • May require working with biohazards such as blood/body fluids and airborne particles following OSHA and CDC Guidelines.
  • Communicating with others to exchange information.
  • Visual acuity and hand-eye coordination to perform tasks.
  • Workspace may vary from open to confined; on site or remote.
  • May require travel to various facilities within and beyond county perimeter; may require use of personal vehicle.
Created: 2024-06-21
Reference: 073237
Country: United States
State: Florida
City: Melbourne

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