Nursing Care Assistant - ICU - Duke Regional Hospital

Duke University Health System- Duke Regional Hospital seeks to hire a Nursing care Assistant who will embrace our mission of Advancing Health Together.

Department Profile:

The ICU at Duke Regional is comprised of 22 beds. Our team of nursing staff provides care for patients 14 years or older with actual or potential life-threatening conditions by performing complex assessments, high-intensity therapies, interventions, and continuous monitoring. Affords the clinical experience to attain strong critical thinking skills, vast knowledge of disease processes and body systems, and robust care management skills. The ICU at Duke Regional offers phenomenal teamwork, multi-disciplinary collaboration, and professional respect - a dynamic environment for professional development. Our team is active in delivering exemplary care for each patient to ensure an excellent patient experience, every time.

Work Schedule:

 (3) 12-hour shifts, Days 7a-7p

Job Summary:

Perform a variety of nonprofessional nursing duties in the direct care of patients under the direct supervision of an RN/LPN. Perform a variety of clerical duties involved in preparing, maintaining, and processing patient, unit (s), and hospital data and records including operating the organization's patient care information systems.

Work Performed:

• Administer treatment and personal care procedures to patients including, but not limited to, feeding, bathing, shaving changing clothing, cleaning, and trimming fingernails, bed-making, assisting with ambulation, enemas, skin care, and bowel and bladder elimination; provide such additional care as required to meet the personal needs and comfort of assigned patients.
• Perform a variety of selected patient care tasks under the direction of an RN/LPN to assist medical and nursing personnel in the examination, treatment, and care of patients.
• Retrieve and record patient data in electronic medical records (EMR) and report to Nurse noting any new abnormal changes in the patient's condition.
• Participate in the transport of patients.
• Clean assigned area: stock and replenish supplies and equipment as required.
• Perform a variety of clerical tasks involved in operating the organization's patient care information system.
• Acknowledge orders on the EMR task list, verify printouts, and input verified orders to request diets, treatments, nursing services, equipment, and diagnostic and laboratory tests and procedures.
• Assemble and maintain patient charts from admission through discharge Prepare and upload paper documents into the electronic medical record (EMR). Exhibit professional communication skills when answering the telephone and interacting with patients, visitors, and other staff members.
• Navigate electronic medical records, access patient information, generate reports, schedule appointments, and manage a task list.
• Use available technology to request and coordinate patient transport.
• Assign nursing staff to communication systems. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Education

• Completion of a Level I - Nurse Aide education program approved by the North Carolina Board of Nursing or successful completion of the NC - approved Nurse Aide I competency test.
• High school diploma or equivalent required

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification

• Currently listed as a Nursing Assistant (NAI) with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Division of Health Service Regulation
• AHA Basic Healthcare provider certification must be maintained/completed by the end of the new hire orientation.