Nursing Assistant - Primary Care

Provides nursing assistance to doctors and nurses in the care and treatment of mildly or chronically ill patients or those seeking to improve their health. Facilitates quality patient care by optimizing patient flow. Provides a broad range of duties in an ambulatory care setting including but not limited to, administrative and clinical functions within their scope of practice, training, and applicable rules and regulations.

Routine duties shall include providing health care services to individuals eligible for services in accordance with the self-governance compact and funding agreement between the Cherokee Nation and the United States executed under the authority of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. Provides a variety of personal nursing care and diagnostic support duties; performs simple treatments, charting, and patient teaching tasks. Provides the patient with information/instructions. Gives prevention reminders. Supporting diagnostic duties may include taking, recording, and reporting to the registered nurse deviations in vital signs; collecting, labeling, and transporting specimens to the laboratory. Measures and records intake and output if requested. Assists the doctor in a variety of diagnostic examinations by positioning and draping the patient, and passing instruments and supplies if requested. Collects and prepares laboratory specimens and/or performs laboratory test (if trained and maintains competency), but does not perform assessments. Changes simple, no-complex dressings. Applies simple dressing, binders, and heat and cold locally, and observes and reports wound condition and drainage if requested. Removes sutures after licensed nurse/professional has performed assessment. Assists in monitoring patients receiving treatments and reports deviations to nurse. Assists in screening patients. Gathers and records specific information from the patient. Takes and records vital signs and body measurements. Performs EKGs. Reinforces instructions given to the patient by the physicians and registered nurses. Maintains a clean and safe environment for the patient. Sorts and replenishes supplies and linens as needed. Reports defective equipment and deficient supplies. Sets up and cleans exam rooms. Performs clerical duties when appropriate such as, but not limited to printing summaries, patient labels, and face sheets, applying armbands, and discharging patients out of the computer. Adheres to professional and ethical standards. Other assigned duties after formal orientation and competency performed. Maintain HIPAA compliance and confidentiality at all times and protect all personal health information as it relates to patient data. Other duties may be assigned.

No supervisory responsibilities are required.

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or six months related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

None required.

An individual should know Database software; Human Resource systems; Internet software; Order processing systems and Payroll systems.

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification preferred but not required; can be obtained during the orientation period.

The employee must not be and will not be under sanction by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) or by the General Services Administration (GSA) or listed on the OIG's Cumulative Sanction Report, or the GSA's List of Excluded Providers, or listed on the OIG's List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE). Knowledge of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and medical terminology. Educated on and compliant with HIPAA regulations; maintains strict confidentiality of client information.

Must meet and maintain pre-employment and periodic background investigation and adjudication for childcare.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to the risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions and risk of radiation. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.