Job Description

Provides safe, efficient, and therapeutic effective patient care as scheduled.

Responsibilities

• Performs patient care services.
  • Ensures daily living activities are performed as scheduled and documented.
  • Performs technical skills per standards as assigned/delegated.
  • Promptly responds to call lights as appropriate.
  • Proactively participates in implementing patient care plans.
  • Schedules patients for treatments, procedures, and/or tests per standards.
  • Follows safety rules in all areas of patient care and ensures safe patient environment.
  • Maintains patient data and records.
• Communicates patient/family health care needs to the appropriate health care provider.
  • Reports significant events and information timely to appropriate team member.
  • Assists with planning by sharing input from patient and family with appropriate team member.
  • Answers telephone and call lights appropriately and timely delivering information to appropriate team members.
• Maintains supplies and equipment of the assigned area.
  • Ensures all patient care and unit equipment are in proper working order.
  • Performs courier services as requested.
  • Maintains adequate inventory of supplies.

Qualifications

Education:

• High School or GED
• Vocational/Technical Diploma

Successful completion of CNA, medical terminology and/or fundamentals in nursing courses

Experience:

• 0
• 1
• None

As a nursing assistant or similar role

Skills:

• Effective oral and written communication skills