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Job Description:
Job Summary
Responsible for providing nursing assistance and performing basic nursing procedures under supervision. Ensures completion of delegated tasks only after successful clinical training and competency validation. Supports registered nurses in the delivery of patient care while adhering to organizational standards and policies. Maintains accountability for professional behavior and compliance with established guidelines. Collaborates with nursing staff to promote quality patient outcomes.
Essential Functions
• Assists the RN or LPN with routine patient care and treatments, including taking vital signs, monitoring intake and output, assessing pain, administering enemas, applying hot or cold packs, checking glucose levels, and assisting with patient mobility.
• Provides personal hygiene care and supports activities of daily living, such as bathing, feeding, ambulating, turning, positioning, and assisting with toileting needs.
• Performs adjunct care tasks, including administering nonsterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, sitz baths, therapeutic baths, and applying restraints as directed.
• Assists with non-nursing tasks, such as crash cart checks, quality control checks, retrieving equipment and supplies, maintaining cleanliness, and stocking supplies.
• Conducts 15-minute patient checks and belongings checks as required.
• Recognizes and practices within the scope of certification and competency, promptly relaying questions, concerns, or unusual situations to the supervising RN or LPN and seeking assistance when needed.
• Communicates pertinent information during shift-to-shift and transfer reports and documents care activities in EPIC or designated records.
• Assists with admission, discharge, pre-operative, and post-operative care activities under the supervision of an RN or LPN.
• Performs all duties and procedures as defined and authorized by regulatory guidelines and under the direction of an RN or LPN.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Education Requirement
High school diploma or equivalent with active enrollment in an accredited nursing program with one clinical semester completed or completion of the an accredited nursing program within the last 6 months.
Experience Requirement
No work experience required
An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
All experience must be paid and in the same related field.
Part-time and PRN experience will be prorated based on hours worked per week.
Volunteer work and internships for academic credit are not counted.
Certifications & Licensures
Basic Life Support (BLS), Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (CPI)
Working Conditions
A. Lifting, pushing, and/or pulling objects up to 50lbs: 3. Intermittent (10% - 50% of the time)
B. Lifting, pushing, and/or pulling objects over 50lbs: 2. Occasional (< 10% of the time)
C. Standing or walking with objects up to 10lbs: 4. Regular (> 50% of the time)
D. Standing or walking with objects up to 25lbs: 3. Intermittent (10% - 50% of the time)
E. Sitting at computer workstation for extended periods: 2. Occasional (< 10% of the time)
F. Risk of back injury from moving, lifting or positioning patients, equipment, or materials: 3. Intermittent (10% - 50% of the time)
G. Repetitive motion: 3. Intermittent (10% - 50% of the time)
H. Working at heights above 4 feet: 1. Never
I. Working in confined spaces: 1. Never
J. Risk of injuries from use of equipment on the job: 3. Intermittent (10% - 50% of the time)
K. Job-related travel: 2. Occasional (< 10% of the time)
L. Loud noises: 2. Occasional (< 10% of the time)
M. Temperature extremes: 2. Occasional (< 10% of the time)
N. Hazardous chemicals and fumes including waste: 3. Intermittent (10% - 50% of the time)
O. Radiation: 2. Occasional (< 10% of the time)
P. Burns: 2. Occasional (< 10% of the time)
Q. Cuts/Punctures: 3. Intermittent (10% - 50% of the time)
R. Bloodborne/airborne pathogens: 3. Intermittent (10% - 50% of the time)
S. Recombinant DNA or viral vectors: 1. Never
T. Combative/violent people: 2. Occasional (< 10% of the time)
U. Animal handling (including carcasses): 1. Never
V. Please specify other(s) and amount of exposure (i.e. Occasional, Intermittent or Regular): N/A
Physical Demands
This position requires regular standing or walking with objects weighing up to 10 pounds; intermittent standing or walking with objects up to 25 pounds; intermittent lifting, pushing, and/or pulling objects weighing up to 50 pounds; occasional lifting, pushing, and/or pulling objects over 50 pounds; occasional sitting at a computer workstation for extended periods of time; and performing tasks with intermittent repetitive motions. Also involves some exposure to risk of back injury from moving, lifting, or positioning patients, equipment, or materials; intermittent risk of injuries from use of equipment; intermittent exposure to hazardous chemicals and fumes including waste, cuts/punctures, and bloodborne or airborne pathogens; occasional exposure to radiation, burns, temperature extremes, loud noises, and combative or violent people.
Additional Job Descriptions
N/A
Department:
Patient Services Admin.
Shift:
Flex (United States of America)
Time Type:
Part time
Address:
2201 Lexington Avenue
City, State:
Ashland, Kentucky