Nurse's Aide (32 Hour) (Part-Time)(Office/On-Site)

Overview

Provide bedside patient care and support in a skilled nursing facility.

Key Responsibilities

• specimen testing
• patient transport
• vital signs
• patient care
• safety monitoring
• appointment scheduling

Tasks

-Tests urine samples for sugar; -Stay connected! Log in daily to your JobAps Personal Status Board to track your status and check email (including spam/junk folders) for updates and tasks. -Prepares reports and correspondence including necessary forms and/or requisitions, dietary orders, death paperwork and assembly of charts; -May order supplies; -Transports patients, specimens and other related patient items; -Assists doctors and nurses in general care and well being of patients; -Collects specimens; -Keeps beds, bedpans and related equipment clean; -Observes patients and reports unusual symptoms and/or behavior; -Maintains unit environment for safety of patient; -May act as triage and/or receptionist for incoming patients and telephone calls; -May feed, bathe and massage clients as well as respond to their general needs; -learn safety and fire procedures. -Takes and records temperatures, pulses and respirations; -May schedule patient appointments; -Ensures that restraints are correctly applied; -May apply or remove braces; -May process billing and/or insurance information; -Make a significant impact in the public sector; and -Positions, transfers, moves and lifts patients;

Requirements

• infection control
• dementia
• ptsd
• e-mar
• skilled nursing
• interpersonal

What You Bring

-Thrive in a collaborative and supportive team environment. -Referral Questions: This posting may require completion of additional Referral Questions (RQs), which must be completed by the questionnaire’s expiration date. If requested, RQs can be accessed via an email sent to you after the job close date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). -work with basic principles of nursing including infection control practices; -PLEASE NOTE: This position is open to current DVA agency employees only. -Experience caring for patients with dementia. -Experience working with clients/patients with behavioral health issues or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). -Experience documenting in an Electronic Health Record (e-MAR). -Ability to -Experience working in a Skilled Nursing Facility (nursing home). -Considerable interpersonal skills;

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Benefits

-A healthy work/life balance to all employees! -Professional growth and development opportunities; -deal with physically and chronically ill;

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