Nursing Attendant - Mount Sinai Morningside - 6E Cardiac - Full Time - Nights

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Department of BIX - Nursing 6e Ccu Csicu - MSM -  Req Number: 2775178

 

Job Title: Nursing Attendant 

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

The Nursing Assistant is an individual who functions in a support role to the Registered Professional Nurse by providing direct patient care and related activities as assigned.

Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Assists the nursing staff in performing selected nursing procedures, treatments, and functional tasks to specific patients including vital signs: Temperature, Pulse, Respirations, Blood Pressure and Pain Rating.
2. Performs procedures associated with activities of daily living, ambulation, mobility, and personal hygiene of the patient.
3. Observes, reports, and records routine and specific patient data, behaviors and responses to treatment on the appropriate flow sheet/EMR.
4. Reports pertinent information and observations regarding patients to the registered nurse
5. Performs procedures related to overall patient care and assuring a safe environment
6. Provides for safe and comfortable lifting, positioning and ambulation of patients in accordance with the principles of good body mechanics. Utilizes mechanical devises as necessary
7. Performs simple applications of heat and cold.
8. Provides care to the body of deceased patients in preparation for removal to the morgue.
9. Provides support to the family/significant others. Secures property.
10. Obtains, assembles and maintains equipment for use during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
11. Assists members of the health care team with physical exam and other procedures.
12. Conducts purposeful hourly rounding for assigned patients noting: Pain, Position, Proactive Toileting and Possessions
13. Participates in the patient belonging process, including reporting of valuables to the RN and documenting accordingly.
14. Transports patients by wheelchair, stretcher or bed, and escorts ambulatory patients.
15. Performs errands away from the area of assignment to implement the care of patients including transporting stat specimens and/or obtaining supplies as necessary.
16. Maintains a clean uncluttered and tidy environment.
17. Maintains equipment and cleans as necessary. Stocks supplies.
18. Works in a safe manner and provides for the safety of patients and other employees.
19. Utilizes aggression control measures in the care of patients who are verbally or physically threatening.
20. Performs patient observation for safety, constant and/or every 20 minutes checks of assigned observation status.
21. Communicates information and basic instructions to patients, families, and visitors

Requirements:

High School Diploma 

 

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:  

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong, and are able to professionally advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, contribute to the patient experien