Description
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Summary:
Assists with patient care, patient safety, and responds to patient needs in the Emergency Room.
Responsibilities:
- Takes and records temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration rates every 2 hours or as directed.
- Records intake and outputs as directed.
- Performs urinary catherization or in and out foley procedure and documents accordingly.
- Sets up area for sterile procedure and documents accordingly.
- Performs minor orthopedic splinting under the direction of the physician assistant.
- Documents any skin breakdowns noted and notifies RN.
- Removes any IV catheter and documents accordingly.
- Transcribes, documents, and transmits physician orders and any other pertinent information.
- Able to work in all three areas of department - triage, minor treatment and acute. Follows guidelines per departmental policy in each of these areas.
Other Information
Other information:
Education Requirements:
? High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED)
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
? Listing as a Nursing Assistant I by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
? Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
Professional Experience Requirements:
? Prefer three to six months relevant experience and/or training
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
? Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. Mathematical Skills: Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance. Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: Johnston Health
Organization Unit: Emergency Department -
Work Type: Per Diem
Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00
Salary Range: $18.66 - $26.51 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Rotating
Location of Job: US:NC:Smithfield
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.
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.
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.