Job Information
Hackensack Meridian Health Nursing Assistant - Med Surg Telemetry - Full Time Nights (11pm-7:30am) in Hackensack, New Jersey
Overview
Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
The Nursing Assistant provides direct patient care under the direction of the RN professional to all assigned patients, and maintains a safe patient area. He/she assumes responsibility and accountability for patient care as a team member in order to achieve established outcomes.
Responsibilities
Provides direct hygiene and comfort care to patients including bathing, toileting, oral hygiene, incontinent care, and bed making.
Takes vital signs under the direction of the RN, and documents accordingly on appropriate flow sheets, and notifies the RN of the results.
Performs and documents glucose finger sticks and collects other specimens including stool, urine, and sputum.
Obtains and documents daily patient weights and observes and documents patient's intake and output.
Provides a safe patient environment by answering call lights promptly, communicating with the RN immediately for any change in patient's condition.
Acts in the role of patient sitter.
Maintains a clean and safe nursing unit and patient room
Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).
Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.
Qualifications
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:
- Certified Nursing and/or nursing student enrolled in a BSN program who has successfully completed theoretical and clinical practical in fundamentals of nursing in nursing school.
If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!
Job ID 2024-144503
Department 3PW Med Surg Telemetry
Site Hackensack University Med Cntr
Job Location US-NJ-Hackensack
Position Type Full Time with Benefits
Standard Hours Per Week 40
Shift Night
Shift Hours 11pm-7:30am
Weekend Work Every Other Weekend
On Call Work No On-Call Required
Holiday Work Three of 6