Nursing Assistant

The Nursing Assistant performs basic patient care activities as delegated by the registered Nurse, which assist the nursing staff in providing for quality patient care.

At Steward Health Care System, we are committed to improving the health of our communities by delivering exceptional, personalized behavioral health care with dignity, compassion, and respect. Our continued focus on the patient experience informs our caregivers in how to provide care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient and family preferences, needs and values.

We dedicate ourselves in the communities we serve to delivering affordable health care to all and being responsible partners. No matter what your role, as a member of the Steward family, you are a specialist in the making every patient and family feel right at home, every co-worker a key to our success, and every referring practice, a team of prized colleagues.

In support of this, we commit ourselves to the following values:

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Excellence

Stewardship

If you are seeking a fast-paced, challenging position in an organization committed to achieving and maintaining a standard of excellence in all we do, our organization may be a good fit for you.

1. Position Function: The Nursing Assistant performs basic patient care activities as delegated by the registered Nurse, which assist the nursing staff in providing for quality patient care.

2. Job Relationships: Supervised and/or reportable to the following, by job category:Registered Nurse Patient Care Director or designee Must be able to collaborate and effectively communicate with Registered Nurses and other health care professionals.

3. Authority: To give basic patient care as delegated by the Registered Nurse, as well as other assigned tasks.

4. Responsibilities/Essential Functions: "Provides superior customer service to internal and external clients, customers, and patients as referenced in the Service Excellence Standards."Performs all patient care activities under the direction of a Registered Nurse. Functions in the role of assistant to the nursing staff or to the Registered Nurse. Performs non-nursing functions which impact and contribute to the quality of patient care as directed by the Registered Nurse. Provides and maintains a safe and comfortable environment for the patient: Assists in the collection of medical data, vital signs. Makes and instructs in the use of cough pillows. Stays with restless patients Orients patient to call l light and side rails, maintains accessibility and answers call light in a timely fashion. Assists patients getting in and out of bed. Assists the Registered Nurse with specific components of admission, transfer, and discharge of patients: Accompanying patients as directed.Assembling patients' belongings.Transferring patient to bed.Preparation of the unit. Assists the Registered Nurse with ADLs: Records intake and output. Fills water pitchers serves nourishments. Partial bed baths, assistance with shower and sit baths, as appropriate for patient. Assists with collection of specimens.Documents vital signs, I&O on appropriate forms.