Nursing Assistant, FT, Night

@ 185 Prisma Health LTACH - Baptist
185 Prisma Health LTACH - Baptist185prismahealthltach-baptist.com

Nursing Assistant, FT, Night

Columbia, SC
Posted 1 week ago

About the job

Prisma Health is dedicated to inspiring health and serving with compassion. This role focuses on providing patient assistance, vital signs, and basic care, supporting nurses and enhancing patient well-being in a collaborative environment.

Requirements

  • Completed nursing assistant program
  • Basic computer skills
  • Data entry skills
  • Knowledge of patient equipment
  • Mathematical skills

Qualifications

  • CNA certification required
  • Ability to work night shift
  • Patient care attitude
  • Emotional resilience
  • Team player

Full job description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Performs routine assistive tasks to assist the Registered Nurse to meet basic patient needs, unlicensed assistive personnel.

Essential Functions

  • All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

  • Assists patients with activities of daily living.  Turns and repositions patients alone or with assistance.  May transport patients and assist with walking. Assists with fall prevention interventions and patient restraints as delegated. 

  • Provides patient care as delegated by the RN including, but not limited to, non-sterile soaks, application of non-sterile simple dressings, perineal care.

  • Performs data collection including vital signs, fluid intake and outtake and basic and sterile specimen collection.  Properly documents and maintains data on medical record and informs RN of activities performed, observations of patients and changes in patient status.

  • Runs errands, answers telephone, answers and responds to call lights.

  • Performs point of care testing as trained and delegated by RN.  Reports lab values to RN.

  • Provides and documents comfort and non-pharmacological pain management measures.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

  • This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Minimum Requirements

  • Education - Completion of a nursing assistant or patient care tech program.

  • Experience - No experience required.

In Lieu Of

  • In lieu of school verification of a nursing assistant training course, will accept current or former state CN A certification as proof of completed state required training at time of hire.   

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

  • CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Basic computer skills / Data entry skills

  • Mathematical skills

  • Working knowledge of patient equip (suction, vitals, defib)

Work Shift

Night (United States of America)

Location

Baptist

Facility

Prisma Health LTACH - Baptist

Department

Nursing Service

Share your talent with us! Our vision is simple: to transform healthcare for the benefits of the communities we serve. The transformation of healthcare requires talented individuals in every role here at Prisma Health.

Show full description