Nurse Assistant - Geriatric Psychiatry
Company: McLaren USA
Location: Ann Arbor
Posted on: April 26, 2024
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Job Description:
Dept: GeriPsych
Hours per pay period: 48
Schedule: Night
Position Summary:
The Nursing Assistant contributes to the delivery of
patient-centered care through: Performance of selected day-to-day
patient care activities. Maintenance of an environment that is
functionally and aesthetically conducive to patient well-being.
Demonstrates unit/area-designated competencies. Interacts with
patients considering their developmental, age-specific, and
cultural spiritual preferences.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
1. Always introduce self and explains patient care role.
2. Perform competency routine oxygen therapy, pulse oximetry.
3. Receives report from appropriate RN. Performs specific patient
care interventions as delegated by the RN in an effort to
identify/attain treatment goals.
4. Assists in establishing and maintains a patient care environment
that is clean, safe, and conducive to patient/family well
being.
5. Prepare patient room for arrival, assists in transfers and or
discharge of patients.
6. Orients patient/family/visitors to patient room, unit, waiting
area and facilities.
7. Assists patient/family in the use of hospital equipment
(telephone, lights, television).
8. Makes occupied and unoccupied beds. Collects and disposes of
soiled linen. Answers call lights and telephones. Exemplifies the
highest levels of customer service standards when performing these
tasks.
9. Performs safety checks and observes hospital safety guidelines,
documents as required.
10. Follows and adheres to all policies and procedures including
infection control (use of body substance isolation and use of
personal protective equipment when in contact with body
fluids).
11. Assists patient with menu selection or assists patient care
partner in doing so.
12. Distributes nourishments and orders late trays.
13. Assists patient and care partner with ADL's and bathing,
showering, toileting, positioning, turning, transferring, and
ambulating.
14. Records/calculates intake output observations, and care
intervention in designated areas of the record or on appropriate
forms.
15. Performs all activities related to routine capillary blood
glucose monitoring.
16. Applies support/orthopedic devices such as TED hose and
SCD's.
17. Other duties as assigned.
Required:
Work Location:
Shelby Township, MI
Equal Opportunity Employer of
Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
Keywords: McLaren USA, Ann Arbor , Nurse Assistant - Geriatric Psychiatry, Healthcare , Ann Arbor, Michigan
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