Nursing Assistant II

Job Title: Nursing Assistant II

Location: Newark Beth Israel Medical Ctr

Department Name: Medical Surgical Unit III

Req #: 0000273617

Status: Hourly

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $21.37 - $26.58 per hour

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Company Name:

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Job Code:

H0060

Job Title:

Nursing Assistant

Dept/CC#:

1172110

Department Name:

Section Name:

Reports To:

Assistant Nurse Manager / Director of Nursing

OSHA Classification:

Salary Grade:

FLSA Status:

Section II: Summary of Job Function

Comments

The Nursing Assistant is a caregiver who assists patients with activities of daily living and provides nursing care to non-acutely ill patients,

Also assists in maintaining patient care areas and equipment clean and organized,

Section III: Job Qualifications/Education/Training/Certification/Licensure

Comments

At least one year experience as Nursing Assistant preferred,

Successful completion of all orientation programs,

Maintains required BLS Heart Saver/Health Care Provider course completion status,

Work Environment and Hazards

Comments

Hazards include risk of exposure to communicable disease, hazardous materials and physical injury,

Special Physical Demands

Comments

Must meet requirements of the ADA

Work Contact Group

Comments

All patient related hospital departments, patients, families, visitors, nursing personnel and medical staff

Section 1: Job-Specific Requirements of Position

Job Specific Requirements

Answers call lights and assist patients promptly and

Answers call lights and assist patients promptly and courteously,

Assists in maintaining all patient care areas, including cleaning and

Assists in maintaining all patient care areas, including cleaning and organizing equipment,

Assists with ambulating protocol, techniques and assistive devices,

Assists with ambulating protocol, techniques and assistive devices, weighing patients, applying flowtron boots, elastic stockings, and transportation to ancillary departments, etc,

Contributes to the unit s overall patient satisfaction score by doing

Contributes to the unit s overall patient satisfaction score by doing regular rounding, escalation of complaints and providing service recovery,

Demonstrates principles of self care and supports

Demonstrates principles of self care and supports colleagues,

Other duties as

Other duties as assigned,

Participates in patient education and patient satisfaction

Participates in patient education and patient satisfaction initiatives,

Promotes patient flow efforts by actively participating in patient

Promotes patient flow efforts by actively participating in patient movement and escalating barriers to management,

Promotes patient satisfaction through individual activities as evidenced

Promotes patient satisfaction through individual activities as evidenced by feedback from patients and families,

Renders appropriate care to all patients, including but not limited to

Renders appropriate care to all patients, including but not limited to nutritional needs, personal hygiene, elimination needs and specimen collection in a timely and compassionate manner,

Reports all patient care rendered to assigned R,

N,

or

Reports all patient care rendered to assigned R,

N,

or L,

P,

N,

Reports patient complaints, problems and any untoward signs, symptoms or

Reports patient complaints, problems and any untoward signs, symptoms or unusual occurrences immediately to the appropriate R,

N,

Supports and responds to questions of new

Supports and responds to questions of new employees

Takes and records vital signs, intake and output on appropriate unit

Takes and records vital signs, intake and output on appropriate unit document,

Section 2: Universal Behavioral Competency Standards

Universal Behavioral Competency Standards

Customer Service/Patient Satisfaction

Provides a compassionate and supportive environment with prompt and consistent service,

Confidentiality

Adheres to patient rights: provides for the confidential treatment of all communications and records,

Professionalism

Demonstrates professionalism with families, visitors, physicians, co-workers and supervisors,

Communication

Listens and communicates effectively

Teamwork

Supports teamwork by cooperative problem solving tarticipation in meetings, projects, etc,

Quality/ Performance Improvement

Utilizes principles of continuous quality improvement in all work situations to assess, measure and improve organizational and department functions

Autonomy

Organizes work sets priorities with a minimum of supervision and seeks guidance as appropriate

Accountability

Makes decisions that are timely and consistent with department, objectives, policies and procedures,

Ownership

Demonstrates sound judgment; accepts and benefits from constructive criticism

Professional Development Job Awareness

Participates in ongoing education as required,

Section 3: Unit/ Dept,

Specific Competencies