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About the Role

The Nursing Assistant (NA) I is a key member of the nursing care team, assisting with direct and indirect patient care within their scope of practice under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). This role supports patients and healthcare teams in an innovative, patient-focused culture dedicated to improving patient health and quality of life.

Responsibilities

• Performs Activity of Daily Living (ADL) care including oral care, bathing, showering, shaving, hair washing, incontinence care, toileting, changing bed linen, and maintaining a decluttered patient care area.
• Understands available products for patient care and when to utilize them.
• Performs safety and preventative care, including infection prevention, skin and pressure injury prevention, and fall prevention.
• Ensures patient safety by setting and responding appropriately to patient safety alarms.
• Maintains environmental safety and performs regulatory compliance.
• Assists with patient mobility, including turning, offloading, ambulation, range of motion, and appropriate use of mobility assist devices and patient lift equipment.
• Assists with nutrition by delivering, collecting, and documenting meal consumption, and setting up and assisting patients with meals, including feeding.
• Performs patient data collection, including vital signs, EKG, bladder scan, transfer devices, and telemetry.
• Documents patient information in EMR, including vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, essential care performed, and intentional rounding.
• Performs direct patient monitoring, including acting as a Safety Attendant (SA) at bedside and utilizing video surveillance.
• Performs delegated patient care interventions within scope of practice and validated competency, including phlebotomy, EKGs, specimen collection, blood glucose measurement, and telemetry.
• Prepares patient rooms for admissions and discharges, updates whiteboards, and stocks unit supplies.
• Provides care for patients with invasive lines and devices within NA scope of practice.
• Transports patients on and off the unit.
• Responds to emergency situations.
• Communicates effectively with the patient care team to ensure quality care delivery.
• Performs unit-specific and patient population-specific interventions as delegated.
• Communicates effectively with nursing and healthcare teams, reporting out-of-range data and patient changes to the RN.
• Performs shift reports with oncoming staff.
• Demonstrates initiative and understanding of job duties through communication and self-initiative.
• Relates to and respects each patient individually, meeting their cognitive, physical, emotional needs, and personal preferences, cultural, and religious beliefs.
• Performs other duties as requested by the healthcare and leadership team within the scope of practice.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED, preferred
• BLS certification within 6 months of hire date, required
• Accountability
• Clinical Skills
• Interacting with People
• Multi-Tasking
• Reliability
• Heavy Work - Exerting up to 100 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 lbs of force frequently, and/or up to 20 lbs, of force constantly to move objects.
• Occasional balancing, climbing, crouching, typing/clerical/dexterity, kneeling, repetitive motion
• Frequent grasping, hearing, lifting, pulling, pushing, reaching, seeing/ monitor/computer use, standing, stooping, talking, visual acuity (color, depth, perception), walking
• Constant fit testing
• Occasional burns, chemical, electrical hazards
• Frequent bodily fluids/bloodborne exposure hazards
• Occasional noise, wet and/or humid, dust, gases, mists, odors working conditions

Skills

• Accountability
• Clinical Skills
• Interacting with People
• Multi-Tasking
• Reliability

Location

• No Travel

Work Type

• Full-time

Education Level

• High School Diploma or GED, preferred

Salary/Compensations

• USD $17.67/Hr. - USD $26.50/Hr.

Benefits

• Paid time off, including company holidays, vacation, and sick time
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life insurance and disability protection
• Retirement benefits including an employer match

About the Company

• Bassett Healthcare Network is committed to helping the population we serve, and our communities, achieve optimum health and enjoy the best quality of life possible.
• We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related condition), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), genetic predisposition or carrier status, military or veteran status, familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other status protected by law.

Equal Opportunity

• We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related condition), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), genetic predisposition or carrier status, military or veteran status, familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other status protected by law.