Nursing Assistant or Will-Train/Trainee, Med Surg

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Must be courteous to patients, customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Identify and locate needed accessories to facilitate transport.
• Answering call lights.
• Making beds both empty and occupied.
• Setting up all equipment routinely used on their home base units.
• Preparing room for admission.
• Assist with patient discharges
• Removal of linens.
• Answering telephone.
• Must wear facility provided identification badge.
• Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family member, visitors, volunteers, and co-workers.
• Facilitate communication to RNs to provide best care possible for patients
• Performs other work-related duties and activities as assigned or requested by his/her immediate supervisor.

Additional PATIENT SERVICE ASSISTANT PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Transports patients via wheelchairs and stretchers.
• Vital signs, oxygen saturation, weights, and non-invasive specimen collection.
• Turning and positioning patients, range of motion, ambulation, and toiletry.
• Assistance with all ADL's and complete care as needed.
• Setting up, assisting and educating patients, with commodes, bedpans, urinals, sitz baths, walkers, wheelchairs, slings, venodyne boots, crutches, specific precautions- with input from PT as needed
• Appropriate emptying and/or recording of all drainage devices.
• Postmortem care.

Nursing Assistant – Grade FHS5A, Job Code: 00333

• Ability to read, write and communication in English
• Must meet at least one of the following qualifications:
• a) Successful completion of a Nursing Assistant Program
• b) Successful completion of a Medical Assistant Program
• c) Successful completion of an EMT Program
• d) Successful completed of an LPN Program
• e) Equivalent clinical Military experience
• f) Completed at least one year of an accredited Nursing School Program
• g) Successful completion of the Falmouth Hospital Nursing Assistant Will-Train or Trainee program
• Current Basic Life Support Certification
• Successful passage of CPI training within 6 months from hire and must maintain recertification annually