Full Time; Evenings 3:00pm - 11:00pm Varied Hours Shift as early as 11:30am - 7:30pm Varied Days Includes every other Weekend & Holidays, as needed
Job Description
Performs selected diagnostic tests and prescribed treatments. Provides patients with assistance in performing the activities of daily living. Assists health care team in ensuring patients safety.
Job Responsibility
- * Provides patients with assistance in performing the activities of daily living.
- Provides equipment/supplies for and appropriately assists patients with oral and personal hygiene.
- Prepares patients for meals/snacks/liquids and assists with feeding, as needed.
- Assists in health care team's physical/psychological assessment of patient.
- Measures and records patient's Temperature/Pulse/Respiration (TPR), blood pressure, height, weight, intake/output and bowel movement, as appropriate.
- Collects required specimens; e.g., urine, feces, sputum.
- Reports any observable changes in patient's condition, treatment results, and/or patient/family concerns to the registered professional nurse.
- * Performs various selected diagnostic tests and prescribed treatments consistent with established procedures under supervision of registered nurse including but not limited to:
- Applying simple dressings; Discontinuing intravenous peripheral therapies; Performing electrode application and EKG; Obtaining blood sugar results and informs nurse; Assisting with the insertion of Foley catheters; Cleansing pressure injuries; Applying buck traction to patient; and Assisting patients with elimination, as required.
- Participates in health care team's responsibility to assure patient safety.
- Responds to any patient's call bell and/or emergency light.
- Recognizes unsafe acts/conditions and corrects and/or reports same, as appropriate.
- Uses side rails, restraints, gerichair and appropriately positions patients.Transports patients.
- Responds to fire, evacuation, and internal/external emergencies and drills.
- Functions effectively within the organizational structure.
- Accepts assignment and seeks clarification as needed;
- Carries out assignments;
- Reports patient care observations and findings to RN regularly;
- Participates as an integral part of the nursing team in assuming additional duties and responsibilities; and
- Maintains competence by attending in-service education programs.
- Performs related duties, as required.
*ADA Essential Functions
Job Qualification
- High School Degree or equivalent, required.
- Completion of a Nursing Assistant Course.
- Heart Saver Certification, preferred.
- Minimum two (2) years of direct patient care experience.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
*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).
Skills Required
- High School Degree or equivalent
- Completion of a Nursing Assistant Course
- Heart Saver Certification
- Minimum two (2) years of direct patient care experience
- Ability to communicate effectively
What We Do
Northwell Health is New York’s largest private employer and health care provider, with 23 hospitals and nearly 800 outpatient facilities. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 74,000+ employees – 18,500+ nurses and 14,200+ credentialed physicians, including about 4,500 employed doctors and nearly 3,300 members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu. Interested in a career at Northwell Health?
