Job Category:

Allied Health

Work Shift/Schedule:

12 Hr Evening - Morning

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

About the Role:

Job Summary

Ortho/Neuro is a 26-bed nursing unit with two rooms equipped to be utilized as negative pressure rooms and 2 rooms equipped with bariatric ceiling lifts. As an Orthopedic Neurosurgery unit, care is rendered to a variety of patients including but not limited to:

• Elective orthopedic joint replacement surgeries (hip, knee, shoulder)

• Neurosurgical surgeries (neck, back, brain)

• Orthopedic trauma in times of high census

Medical overflow in times of high census Patients receive physical, emotional, spiritual and psychosocial support for themselves and their families. N4G collaborates with a Joints in Motion program which provides comprehensive pre and post op education for the total joint population.

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Licensure or other certifications: CCHT certification (for dialysis unit only).

• Educational Requirements: High School Diploma, GED, or high school transcript showing completion of at least the sophomore level of high school.  

• Minimum Experience: No previous experience is required.  Candidates who have not successfully completed the Foundations of Nursing course (RN students only), have less than six months of PCT experience within the past two years, or do not hold a current and active CNA certification will be enrolled in the PCT Academy, NGHS’s in-house training program. 

• Other:

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications:

• Preferred Educational Requirements:

• Preferred Experience:

• Other:

Job Specific and Unique Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Good interpersonal skills

• Physical ability to push/pull patients

• Adaptable in changing situation and work assignments

• Able to accept direction from professional nursing staff, and perform basic technical skills and procedures

• Bi-lingual basic language skills preferred

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities

• Obtains and reports basic patient physiological data (such as vital signs, weight, skin condition, color, and character of urine and stool).

• Utilizes proper body mechanics, provides for positioning, mobility hygiene, ADL, and/or comfort needs according to procedure and direction.

• Monitors p.o. intake and urine output, recording amount on appropriate forms.

• Promptly identifies and reports physical and mental status changes to licensed staff assigned to the patient.

• Organizes patient care and sets appropriate priorities by implementing physician and nursing orders within prescribed time frames.

• Performs therapeutic procedures within the parameters of the job description; reporting patients response to supervising nurse.

• Makes frequent rounds to patients room in addition to responding without prompting to patient call lights, instituting appropriate actions.

• Orients patient/family/Significant other to unit & room. Greets patient & family in a positive pleasant manner with each encounter.

• Explains procedure or care to be provided to patient prior to start of procedure. 

• Accurately & timely records patient data and forwards to supervisory staff within established time frames.  

• Attains proficiency with all required IT systems to support the clinical staff  & accurate documentation of patient care.

• Answers the telephone in a polite and courteous manner. Screens and refers all calls appropriately to ensure accurate communication. Refers all calls to leave orders for patient care to licensed staff. Relays telephone, verbal, and written requests accurately to the appropriate individual (s).

• Places reports (ie:, x-ray, etc.) in patient’s chart or insures reports are sent to appropriate units.

• Contributes to patient safety by: Utilization of Universal Precautions for all patients and appropriate use of personal protective equipment. Careful adherence to NGHS Hand Hygiene policy. Providing a safe patient environment (i.e. call light within reach, side-rails up, etc.) Obtaining  and restocking isolation supplies for patients on Infection Precautions. Completing