Summary
Job Description:
Nursing Assistant / Transport - Same Day Surgery
Full-Time 11a - 7:30p
The Nursing Assistant supports the Same Day Surgery department by assisting with patient care, pre- and post-operative duties, and the safe, timely transport of patients to and from the Surgery department.
Accurately takes vital signs as directed by Registered Nurse.
Performs 12 lead EKGs on patients.
Transports patients to and from procedures with side rails up.
Verifies patient identity using two patient identifiers (name and DOB) prior to transport.
Demonstrates ability to perform phlebotomy venipuncture using two patient identifiers and appropriate handling of specimens.
Delivers specimens to appropriate lab department and ensures specimen is labeled appropriately as needed.
Retrieves blood/tissue from lab as requested.
Performs patient care equipment cleaning after each use and documents weekly per policy.
Appropriately gives tap water enemas to patients under direction of the Registered Nurse.
Assists patients with personal hygiene as directed by Registered Nurse.
Obtains stocks and/or transports supplies, including medications, kits and IV fluids as directed by the RN.
Requirements:
High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 90 days of hire.
Benefits:
Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
Employee Assistance Program
Retirement plans with company match
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent GED
- Basic Life Support BLS certification within 90 days of hire
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
