Under the supervision of a registered nurse, responsible for providing support to nursing staff and assisting in the delivery of patient care following hospital and departmental policies, procedures, and standards of care.

• Provides routine patient care services such as call light response; ambulating, transferring, and positioning; personal hygiene assistance.
• Collects, records, and reports various patient data.
• Obtains blood specimens by venipuncture or micro collection techniques, and assists nursing staff in collecting specimens from intra-vessel catheters.

Required :

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Specialized education requirements include both :
• Acute care nursing assistant course preferred for acute care positions or long term care nursing assistant course or completion of a clinical rotation while participating in an accredited nursing program or completion of medical training in a branch or the armed services
• Completion of course with externship in phlebotomy or completion of an emergency medical technician program or completion of medical assistant program.
• Recent patient care experience in acute care setting as nursing or medical assistant, EMT, or completion of a clinical rotation in an accredited nursing program.
• BLS certification

Preferred :

• Emergency Department experience.
• Experience in specimen collection (i.e. phlebotomy), specimen processing and distribution.

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities / Females / Disabled / Veterans.

Last updated : 2024-08-28