What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nursing Support, Weekends (LPN, PARAMEDIC, PCT, NA) position at Ashtabula County Medical Center?
The Nursing Support, Weekends role may be filled by any of the following positions : LPN, Paramedic, Patient Care Tech, or Nursing Assistant.
LPN :
The Licensed Practical Nurse provides an integral part in our patient care team by organizing, coordinating, and facilitating care for assigned patients. The LPN will implement and contribute to the plan of care as developed by the RN, and assist in evaluating patient assessment and discharge planning.
Paramedic :
The Paramedic performs a variety of duties to assist the nursing staff in rendering patient care in the Emergency Department within the limit of the State of Ohio certification guidelines.
Patient Care Tech :
In an environment of continuous quality improvement, the Patient Care Technician will assist the Registered Nurse and Licensed Practical Nurse in the provision of patient care. In an environment of continuous quality improvement, this role will be responsible for processing Physician orders and records appropriate information. Will maintain communications between the Emergency Department and other departments.
Nursing Assistant :
The Nursing Assistant performs various patient care activities and related services under the direction of licensed staff. Duties include ADLs, vitals, feeding, bathing, dressing, mouth care and other direct patient care duties as assigned.
Weekend Work Program Requirements
- Weekend work opportunities will be available on every shift. The positions will be offered to non-bargaining unit caregivers in the unit only and awarded based on seniority among the caregivers who hold position on that shift. A caregiver will not be permitted to change shifts to obtain a weekend work program position. These employees will be in the “Weekend Work Program, WWP”.
- Weekends are defined as 7 : 00 pm on Friday to 7 : 00 am on Monday.
- WWP full-time caregivers will be required to schedule themselves (2) consecutive weekend shifts within the same weekend, and (1) additional shift during the week; or a night shift full-time caregiver may schedule themselves for (3) consecutive weekend shifts.
- WWP part-time caregivers will be required to schedule themselves (2) consecutive weekend shifts within the same weekend.
- WWP caregivers will be permitted to trade with another caregiver to work a different weekend shift and still receive the weekend pay even if the trade results in non-consecutive weekend shifts.
- Hours scheduled during the week may not be used to satisfy the weekend work commitment.
- Weekend Pay : WWP caregivers will receive a 25% differential for their weekend hours worked. No additional shift differentials would be applied.
- Weekend pay will not be paid for PTO or leaves.
- Holiday requirements are the same as for caregivers on the unit. If a holiday that the WWP caregiver is required to work falls on a weekend shift, the caregiver will receive holiday pay for the applicable holiday and weekend pay for other weekend shifts worked
- If ARMC moves a WWP caregiver off a weekend shift and requires them to work a non-weekend shift because of scheduling requirements, they will receive weekend pay for the non-weekend shift.
- A WWP caregiver shall make a three (3) month commitment to the program. Thereafter, should the caregiver wish to leave the WWP, they shall submit a thirty (30) day notice to her immediate supervisor, be returned to non-WWP status within her same shift, department, and FTE. The Medical Center may then post the WWP position to make it available to other caregivers in the department.
