Nursing Assistant - Overnights/ PT

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Location: Plainsboro, NJ

Hours: Overnights / PT/ 24 hours/ 7 pm - 7 am/ Mon - Fri / every other weekend/holiday.

Why join our amazing Princeton Penn Medicine Nursing Team?

This is an opportunity to join a team of professionals in a high paced and rewarding healthcare environment. If you have your sights on developing your career in the healthcare industry, this is your chance for a growth opportunity! We are an “all hands-on deck team”, we provided amazing training opportunities and we do cross-train our employees to the highest standards. We are a growing team and we have a work-life-balance approach!

Benefits You'll Receive at Princeton/Penn Medicine:

• Generous Paid Time Off benefits, including eight paid holidays that will give you the work-life balance today’s world needs
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage plan options that best fit your personal & family needs
• Tuition Assistance for both Part-Time (20 hours) and Full-time (40 hours) employees.(0.5 FTE and over)

• Access to company paid life insurance, temporary disability. Employee discounts and perks, including but not limited to free secure employee-only parking, optional life insurance and other. Please click on this LINK for more information regarding our amazing benefits package.

Responsibilities:

• Displays a caring and responsive attitude and represents the Medical Center in a positive manner and conducts all activities respecting patient/customer rights and expectations. Regularly maintains a neat appearance and adheres to departmental dress, including the wearing of appropriate identification. Interpersonal relations with other health care workers are regularly fostered in a courteous and friendly manner as evidenced by managerial observation and peer input.
• Makes observations of patient condition and reports and documents information as requested. Has good communication skills with patients/families and co-workers and is able to make suggestions regarding the patient's needs for nursing care.
• Performs and documents nursing care activities as assigned, consistent with established procedures.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skill specific to a nursing assistant in the area of assignment. (i.e. patient hygiene, vital signs, emptying and documenting of urine outputs, procedures, etc).
• There is evidence in performance that consideration is given to age and how it relates to care and interventions in the pediatric, adult and geriatric patient.
• Consistently makes extra efforts to achieve patient/customer expectations while discharging job responsibilities. Maintains confidentiality of patient and departmental information with no infractions as noted by manager.
• Regularly performs job tasks in accordance with hospital and department policy and procedure, including appropriate use of equipment, machines, appropriate use in wearing of physical barriers and safety equipment.
• Participates in keeping the nursing unit, (patient rooms, work stations, and hallways) clean and well organized.
• Cleans patient care equipment as directed. Obtains, stocks, and organizes patient care and unit supplies as assigned. Identifies and reports broken or malfunctioning equipment or needed repairs on the unit.
• Responds in accordance with emergency procedures to codes and non-medical emergencies.

Credentials:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)
• Basic Life Saving certification (BLS) for healthcare providers

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• H.S. Diploma/GED (Required)
• High School Diploma or equivalentNo Related Experience necessary for this roleNursing Assistant Course- Successful completion of hospital onsite course during first two weeks of orientation and prior to patient care assignment

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.