PRN Nursing Assistant - Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) - Weekends

The Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit is hiring for a Nursing Assistant to work as PRN Nursing Assistant.Under direct supervision of Registered Nurses, performs specific tasks to assist members of the Nursing team in providing patient care.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients, families, and multi-disciplinary team
• Participates in planning patient care appropriate for patient's condition and age
• Documents patient behavior in a factual, legible manner and identifies material to report to the registered nurse
• Maintains patients' safety and security by providing physical care and assistance; follows Standard precaution
• Provides supervision of patients during activities
• Identifies potential crisis situations, reports to the registered nurse, and intervenes
• Perform patient personal hygiene such as bathing, toileting, feeding, dressing, grooming and oral care for patients
• Take temperature, pulse, and blood pressure
• Clean equipment, patient bedside area, and nursing unit
• Set up rooms for patient admission
• Transport patients by bed, cart, or wheelchair
• Transport equipment, specimens, and supplies
• Stock and supply patient rooms and Nursing unit
• Perform basic CPR as required
• Maintain patient confidentiality

Shift/Hour Requirements:

• 24 hours per 4-week schedule, weekends (any time between Friday 1900-Monday 0700), 1 winter and 1 summer holiday
• Must be available to work over summer