Nursing Assistant at Methodist Health System in Omaha, Nebraska

Job Description:

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  Purpose of Job
  
  
  • Helps patients by supporting personal hygiene and daily living needs; providing comfort, transportation, and vital sign monitoring.
  
  
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    Helps patients by cleaning and preparing treatment space while ensuring patient safety.
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Job Requirements
  
  
  • Education
    
    
    • High School diploma or General Educational Development (GED) preferred.
    
    
    • Completion of first clinical rotation as Nursing Assistant preferred.
    
    
    • Successful completion of the 75-hour state approved course for Nurse Assistant required if hired into the position after August 31, 2014.
    
    
    • Preferred membership in good standing on Nebraska Nurse Aide registry if hired after August 31, 2014.
    
    
    • Will consider high school students 16 years or older who have completed the above requirements.
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Experience
    
    
    • Previous customer service, cleaning, food service and/or patient related experience preferred.
    
    
    • One to three months on the job experience to learn hospital. procedures and work routines preferred.
    
    
    • Orientation and on the job experience will be provided to learn hospital procedures and work routines.
    
    
    • Previous experience in patient care setting such as hospital, clinic or nursing home preferred.
    
    
    • Previous experience with direct patient contact preferred.
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    License/Certifications
    
    
    • Maintain current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification required.
    
    
    • Certified Nursing Assistant preferred.
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
    
    
    • Require the ability to understand and carry out instructions, follow schedules, communicate information, read simple and clear instructions and complete reports.
    
    
    • Must be able to collect, record, and report patient needs to the appropriate caregiver.
    
    
    • Requires ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills commensurate with job description.
    
    
    • Participate in mandatory inservices and continuing education programs as mandated by policies and procedures/external agencies and as directed by supervisor.
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  Physical Requirements
  
  
  • Weight Demands
    • Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.
    
    
  
  
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    Physical Activity
    
    
    • Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
      
      
      • Climbing
      
      
      • Crawling
      
      
      • Kneeling
      
      
      • Sitting
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
      
      
      • Balancing
      
      
      • Carrying
      
      
      • Crouching
      
      
      • Distinguish colors
      
      
      • Keyboarding/typing
      
      
      • Lifting
      
      
      • Pulling/Pushing
      
      
      • Repetitive Motions
      
      
      • Stooping/bending
      
      
      • Twisting
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
      
      
      • Fingering/Touching
      
      
      • Grasping
      
      
      • Hearing
      
      
      • Reaching
      
      
      • Seeing/Visual
      
      
      • Speaking/talking
      
      
      • Standing
      
      
      • Walking
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Job Hazards

    
    
    
    
    • Not Related:
      
      
      • Electrical Shock/Static
      
      
      • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Rare (1-33%):
      
      
      • Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-Ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
      
      
      • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means) - NICU only
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Occasionally (34%-66%):
      
      
      • Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
      
      
      • Equipment/Machinery/Tools
      
      
      • Explosives (pressurized gas)
      
      
      • Hazardous Drugs (exposure risks, protective personal equipment required)
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Frequent (67%-100%):
      
      
      • Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
      
      
      • Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
      
      
      • Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  Essential Job Functions
  
  
  • Essential Functions I
    
    
    
    • Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the customer/patient, to ensure understanding and comfort level of treatment, as outlined in the Age Specific Criteria.
      
      
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        Gives individualized customer service/patient care.
      
      
      • Completes age specific competency assessment.
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Exhibits excellent interpersonal relations with patients, co-workers, physicians, and guests to ensure effective communications.
      
      
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        Responds to patient needs promptly and courteously.
      
      
      • Obtains feedback from patients and visitors regarding their hospital experience.
      
      
      • Communicates patient issues to the appropriate staff.
      
      
      • Maintains a positive attitude while responding to requests in a timely and accurate manner.
      
      
      • Communicates with other members of the health care team (food service, secretaries, housekeeping, etc.) as indicated.
      
      
      • Actively participates in report process.
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Completes clinical activities identified in the patient's plan of care to meet patients' comfort/activity/sleep needs and other clinical patient needs as delegated by professional staff.
      
      
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        Reports patient comfort needs to nurse in a timely manner.
      
      
      • Assures that skin is clean and dry.
      
      
      • Reports any noticed skin changes.
      
      
      • Provides personal care and assists with ADL (activities of daily living).
      
      
      • Provides assistance with repositioning, turning and chair transfers.
      
      
      • Assists as necessary with ambulation.
      
      
      • Completes vital signs per patient's plan of care.
      
      
      • Weighs patients per patient's plan of care.
      
      
      • Reinforce patient education.
      
      
      • Provides transportation assistance.
      
      
      • Reports any variation from patient's plan of care to professional staff.
      
      
      • Attends to patient amenities; e.g., newspaper, mail.
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Documents all data collected, in Cerner and/or on worksheets, accurately, completely, and in a timely manner to provide an accurate record of patient activities and response to activities.
      
      
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        Documentation is completed in an ongoing basis prior to end of shift.
      
      
      • Documentation reflects patient's responses to activities according to patient's plan of care.
      
      
      • Documentation reflects care delivered.
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Provides housekeeping activities to contribute to a safe, efficient, effective and sanitary patient care environment.
      
      
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        Completes daily room cleaning according to established procedures for high dusting, vacuuming, mopping hard surface floors, disinfecting vertical surfaces, and spot cleaning vertical surfaces.
      
      
      • Keep rooms neat and tidy, free of clutter.
      
      
      • Removes trash and soiled linen from room each shift and as needed.
      
      
      • Maintains patient environment, such as spills and room temperature, or actively utilizes Integrated Services team to do so properly.
      
      
      • Distributes linens to servidors per par levels.
      
      
      • Straightens and restocks patient care areas per par levels.
      
      
      • Attends to patient amenities; e.g., newspapers, mail, watering plants.
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Consistently recognizes and utilizes measures to provide for safe, efficient, patient care and work environment.
      
      
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        Answers Call Lights in a timely manner and response to the patient request and/or relays request to appropriate resource when necessary.
      
      
      • Performs other duties as delegated/under the direction of the professional staff.
      
      
      • Assures coverage of all duties when self or other staff are off the nursing unit.
      
      
      • Assists other team members when own work is complete.
      
      
      • Appropriately reports incidents.
      
      
      • Utilizes Standard Precautions and Transmission-based Precautions infection control techniques correctly and consistently.
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Directly responsible to the staff nurse and assists in the care of the patient by performing delegated activities utilizing the reciprocal process of the 4 Rights of Delegation.
      
      
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        Right task (within the scope of practice, according to the job description, and based on the desired outcome, task routine, non-complex, low risk and predictable outcome).
      
      
      • Right person (assess competency by certification/licensure, job description, skills checklist, demonstrated skill).
      
      
      • Right communication (clear, concise, correct, complete).
      
      
      • Right feedback: The Reciprocal Process (timely, specific, checkpoints).
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Prepares exam rooms and equipment to facilitate treatment and examination of patients by setting up instruments/equipment and supplies.
      
      
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        Prepares exam rooms and medical equipment according to provider protocol 95% of the time.
      
      
      • Rooms are cleaned and prepped in a timely manner.
      
      
      • Independently manages all sterilization needs for department by working with sterile processing and ensures all equipment is retuned to the appropriate room/are within acceptable times.
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Maintains work areas to ensure healthy environment conditions by cleaning and organizing equipment, rooms and work spaces.
      
      
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        Organizes and maintains all clinical care stock.
      
      
      • Organizes, cleans, and restocks clinical care areas independently.
      
      
      • Keeps supplies up to date.
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Covers the front reception area as directed.
      
      
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        Serves as back up office assistant.
      
      
      • Answers phone professionally and utilizes message center as appropriate and accurately transcribes messages for providers from patients.
      
      
      • Assist with intake, scheduling, and other duties as assigned.
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Essential Functions II
    

    
    
    
    
    • Participates in mandatory in-services and/or CE programs as mandated by policies and procedures/external agencies and as directed by management.
    
    
    • Follows and understands the mission, vision, core values, Employee Standards of Behavior and company policies/procedures.
    
    
    • Other duties as assigned.