- Department: Orthopedics & Neurology
- Schedule: Full Time Days 7 am - 7:30 pm Monday - Friday and every other weekend
- Hospital: Ascension Genesys
- Location: Grand Blanc, Michigan
GENERAL SUMMARY: Facilitate the provision of patient care by performing basic, age appropriate nursing care to patients under the direct supervision of a registered nurse. Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide care for the age group(s) served. Interpersonal skills/teamwork. Demonstrates a positive attitude and willingness to facilitate unit functioning. Standards of Performance:
- Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrate willingness to assist when asked.
- Demonstrate flexibility in responding to patient/unit needs.
- Knowledge of and adheres to patient s rights.
- Demonstrate compassion, concern, and respect to patients.
- Respect and maintain patient confidentiality.
- Productivity/Professional Behavior. Is a productive/professional member of a health care team.
- Show independence by completing duties with appropriate supervision.
- Utilize time in an efficient manner, completing daily activities in a timely and organized fashion.
- Show initiative in seeking out appropriate additional duties.
- Present self in a manner that promotes a positive image.
- Communicate identifies unit problems following appropriate chain of command and actively participates in the problem solving process.
- Work effectively with others.
- Attend 75% of department meetings and attends in-services regularly.
- Performsother related duties as requested and as directed.
Patient Care Skills
- Assists the RN/LPN with functions to promote, restore, and maintain optimum patient health.
- Participate in the creation and maintenance of a healthy work environment by: i. Accepting professional direction and leadership of the RN ii. Communication with RN, the progress of work assignment, problems encountered, or work completed.
- Perform patient hygiene activities, i.e. bathing, foot care, shaving, hair care, etc.
- Assist with patient mobility activities patient ambulation, transfers to chair, etc.
- Assist with transfer of patients from bed to stretcher/stretcher to bed.
- Assist with keeping patients clean, dry, and regularly turned to prevent skin breakdown.
- Perform non-sterile treatments.
- Assist monitoring and reporting of patient pain levels.
- Assists patients to achieve optimum comfort levels, i.e., repositioning.
- Ensure supplies are immediately available by retrieving and returning equipment per procedure.
- Perform other related duties as requested and directed.
Essential Functions:
- Mobility to move from room to room, between dept and to rapidly initiate, complete patient care evacuation procedures, ability to move standard patient care equipment, supplies; ability to lift, move, support, transfer, assist patients; includes but not limited to utilizing transfer techniques such as standing pivot, sliding board, 2&3 person lifts, sheet assists;
- Manual dexterity to perform patient treatments, manipulate tools, instruments, commonly used equipment;
- Organizational skills as well as observation, problem solving, collecting patient data, identifying, responding to unusual or abnormal situations;
- Interpersonal and written communication skills necessary to communicate effectively with patients, families, staff, physicians;
- Ability to walk, stoop, reach to carry out routine cleaning functions;
- Ability to push, pull carts weighing several hundred pounds;
- Ability to climb, work from ladders.
Licensure / Certification / Registration:
- Certified BLS Provider specializing in Basic Life Support credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 3 Months (90 days) of hire date or job transfer date required.
- Current Michigan certification as a Nurse Aide is required at hire or must be obtained prior to hire, or at least 6 months acute care Nurse aid or Patient Care Technician experience required, or have completed the first year of clinical rotation in a school of nursing required.
- It is not required for Nursing Assistants to maintain certification after hire while actively working in the Nursing Assistant role.
- Certification is not required for internal transferees; renewal is not required.
- Nurses Aide certification is not required for applicants who have completed the first year of clinical rotation in a school of nursing.
Education:
- High School diploma or equivalent from an accredited program required.
Work Experience:
- Some experience preferred. No additional preferences.
Additional Information
- Organization: Henry Ford Health Genesys Hospital
- Department: Ortho Neuro Nrsng Unit 001
- Shift: Day Job
- Union Code: MIGRA AFSCME Local 3518
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Henry Ford Health System
Nov 29, 2024