Nursing Assistant II - Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Unit
Company: UNC Health Care
Location: Chapel Hill
Posted on: February 13, 2025
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Job Description:
Description Nursing Assistant II needed for the Trauma & Acute
Care Surgery Unit - 5 Bedtower. -This is a 36 hours per week
position; working 12 hour rotating shifts (7am-7:30pm and
7pm-7:30am) with weekend and holiday rotation. This position
qualifies for an extensive benefit package including PTO hours,
which are accrued based on the number of worked hours.Are you ready
to take your career to the next level in an environment that values
teamwork, clinical excellence, and professional growth? Join our
esteemed 28-bed Acute Care Trauma Unit at UNC Medical Center in
Chapel Hill, NC. Here, we are renowned for our excellence in
teamwork and provide unparalleled opportunities for learning
experiences that you won't find anywhere else. Our patients, who
are recovering from major traumatic events, benefit from our
commitment to helping them achieve their "new normal" through
comprehensive, compassionate care.Why Join Us?
Provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital,
clinic or home health care setting. All work performed is under the
direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician.
Responsibilities:
1. Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine
examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment
and supplies.
2. Provide administrative and clerical support including PI audits
and data entry
3. Provide clinical support assistance to include, but not limited
to, cleaning the work area, maintaining office equipment,
troubleshooting common software and hardware problems, changing
linens, checking supply inventory, re-stocking supplies,
transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens, and assisting in the
orientation of new employees and students.
4. Provide direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of
care activities such as bathing, dressing, feeding, assisting with
ambulation. Measure and record vital signs, and patient height and
weight. May be responsible for specimen collection, skin
preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple
wound care, range of motion exercises, and/or postural drainage.
Performs Oxygen room set-up and monitors oxygen flow-rate, performs
oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal suctioning, tracheostomy care,
fecal impaction removal, sterile dressing change wound irrigation
for wounds that are 48 hours old, IV fluid assembly and monitoring,
IV site care and discontinue peripheral IV, ostomy irrigation and
care, urinary catheterization and irrigation, performs established
oral, nasogastric, and gastrostomy tube feedings.
5. Reinforce routine teaching given to patients by the registered
nurse or physician and document patient understanding of
instructions. Distributes patient education materials at the
request of patients and/or health care providers
Other InformationOther information:
Education Requirements:
--- High School diploma or General Education Development
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
--- Licensed as Nursing Assistant II with the North Carolina Board
of Nursing
--- Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina
Department of Health and Human Services
--- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
Professional Experience Requirements:
--- Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
--- Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to
develop basic computer skills.
Job DetailsLegal Employer: STATEEntity: UNC Medical Center
Organization Unit: 5 Bedtower Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00Salary Range: -$17.50 - $24.63 per
hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: OnsiteWork Schedule: RotatingLocation of Job:
US:NC:Chapel HillExempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with
UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of
another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or
the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those
plans at UNC Health.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their
race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.UNC
Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and
employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants
and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are
invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email
applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable
accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career
opportunity.
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