Location: Plymouth,MA, USA
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 NURSING 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