NEEDED: NURSING ASSISTANT
STATUS: FULL-TIME / PRN
LOCATION: 2110 EAST CENTER STREET, ROCHESTER, MN 55904
HOURS: 12-HOUR SHIFTS, 7 DAYS PER WEEK
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must possess the necessary skills, abilities, and credentials to perform non- professional nursing assistant services as requested.
- Will utilize medical equipment proficiently, including, but not limited to, blood pressure machines and oxygen.
- Specialized Experience: Qualifying specialized experience includes nonprofessional nursing care work in a hospital, outpatient clinic, nursing home, or other medical, nursing, or patient care facility, or in such work as that of a home health aid performing duties such as:
- Providing personal nursing care such as providing pre- and post-operative care.
- Support duties for diagnostic and technical treatment procedures; such as setting up and operating special medical equipment and apparatus.
- Caring for mentally ill patients, including observing, recording, and reporting changes in their behavior, and providing reassurance and encouragement.
- Assisting surgeons and registered nurses in operating room activities, including passing instruments, maintaining sterile conditions, and draping and positioning patients
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assists Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses in performing patient care activities for psychiatric and long-term medical/surgical inmates. These services include bedside care and assisting inmates with activities of daily living such as safely transfer inmates while using good body mechanics.
- Ensure safe transport of the inmate in wheelchairs and/or on a gurney.
- Assist with feeding, providing oral care, recording intake and outputs, as ordered.
- Will observe drainage and empties, measures, and records outputs.
- Assists with admissions and discharges, including the delivery of medical records as necessary. Performs designated tasks for isolation inmates and assists with postmortem care.
- Responsible to report pertinent information in a timely manner to the medical staff that includes, but not limited to, changes in inmate conditions requiring assessment and/or further intervention. Communicates any changes in behaviors, vital signs.
- Document in the inmate’s health record as indicated.
- Delivers these services under the guidance of Registered Nurses or Licensed Practical Nurses.
- Administers nursing cares and any assigned medical treatments with attention to accuracy, safety and comfort.
- Adheres to all institution policies such as derived from the Patient and Nursing Care Manual and Infection Control Policies.
BENEFITS: (BASED ON NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED) COMPETITIVE HOURLY PAY RATE, ACCRUED VACATION, ACCRUED SICK LEAVE, 11 PAID FEDERAL HOLIDAYS, 401K OPPORTUNITY, AND HEALTHCARE BENEFITS CONTRIBUTION.