Per diem, Rotating shifts
Job Duties:
Under the direction of the Registered Nurse performs a variety of duties related to the care and treatment of patients.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Assists patients with ADL's.
- Demonstrates proficiency with the taking of vital signs, treatments, procedures, and equipment as demonstrated by the skills checklist and documents appropriately.
- Weighs, lifts moves, positions and transports patients as appropriate.
- Communicates changes in patient condition in a timely manner.
- Maintains a safe and pleasant environment for the patient.
- Promptly answers patient lights.
- Maintains adequate stock of supplies in each patient room.
- Maintains par levels of the clean supply and medication rooms, re-orders items as needed, keeps an accurate list of supplies, re-stocks shelves and maintains a clean environment.
- Demonstrates the ability to recognize and deal with emergencies (example CPR, code blue button).
- Correctly adds forms to all records as needed (i.e. doctor's orders, progress notes).
- Exchanges needle boxes, replaces gloves in all patient rooms and participates in maintaining a clean, clutter-free environment.
- Assists with patient transports at the request of the nurse in charge.
- Demonstrates competency in the following areas by physical demonstration or written exam: Equipment, Age appropriate behaviors, and Interventions, Blood Glucose monitoring, patient safety devices, EKG procedure, venipuncture, urine testing, and handling of other specimens that may be required.
- Reviews, attends, and signs all in-service updates.
- Actively participates in own performance appraisal.
- Gathers data to assist Registered Nurse with assessments.
- Performs scheduled and as needed cleaning of medical equipment and maintaining cleaning logs.
- Regular rounding in all clinical areas; assisting with hourly rounding
- Maintains infection control processes for all patient populations. (Utilize face shields/mask, gloves, protective clothing, safety glasses, and other protection associated with the care of patients).