What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nursing Assistant, 4 South Trauma position at UPMC?
UPMC Hamot is hiring a Nursing Assistant to join the team on 4 South Trauma!
If you’re passionate about patient care and looking for a career that offers great benefits and plenty of room for growth, we invite you to explore this opportunity today!
This position is part-time, rotating days and nights. One 8-hour and one 12-hour shift per week. Holiday and weekend coverage required.
Previous patient care experience highly preferred.
Title and salary will be determined based upon education and experience.
Responsibilities:
- Provides direct patient care including bathing, feeding, toileting, ambulating, and transporting.
- Maintains a clean, safe, and organized environment to support patient recovery. Completes safety checks and cleans equipment, rooms, and common areas.
- Acquires and distributes supplies; performs messenger functions and stocks rooms. Delivers nourishments, fills water pitchers, and distributes patient mail.
- Performs core nursing assistant tasks: blood glucose, weights, vital signs, I&O, specimen collection, Foley care.
- Applies, monitors, and removes restraints per protocol. Reports patient status changes and provides feedback to RN.
- Receives feedback constructively and identifies learning needs. Seeks help with planning and prioritization; participates in self-review.
- Communicates clearly with healthcare team; understands cultural diversity and workplace safety.
- Demonstrates accountability, enthusiasm, and commitment to patients and colleagues.
- Suggests and supports departmental improvements; takes ownership of assignments.
- Reports equipment issues and maintains respectful relationships. Responds to call lights, phones, passes meal trays, and transports patients.
- Provides diversional activities to reduce restraint use. Documents care accurately and completes clerical tasks.
- Adheres to safety protocols and hospital policies, including bloodborne pathogen procedures.
- Responds appropriately to emergent situations within scope of role. Provides one-on-one companionship/supervision as needed.
- Performs advanced tasks: telemetry monitor application, HAC prevention, urine specimen collection, restraint management, and intra-hospital transport. Access to medications is limited to distribution to nurses.