Job Details
Company
The Queen's Medical Center
Job ID
139442
Job Title
Nursing Assistant - Floats (Full-Time, Day, 40)
Full/Part Time
Full-Time
Location
*Queen's Medical Ctr-Honolulu
Standard Hours
40.00
Favorite Job
Regular/Temporary
Regular
Shift
Day
Responsibilities
I. JOB SUMMARY/RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Performs a variety of duties pertaining to patient care, patient transportation, material and supply distribution and equipment assembly.
• Performs duties in accordance with departmental and Medical Center policies, procedures and regulations.
II. TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
• Essential: lifting up to 2 pounds, seeing, hearing, talking, grasping, fingering.
• Continuous: standing, walking, stooping, forward reaching, handling.
• Frequent: pushing and pulling up to 30 pounds, lifting up to 10 pounds, sitting, bending.
• Occasional to frequent: squatting, twisting.
• Occasional: pushing and pulling up to 50 pounds; lifting: horizontal lift/carry up to maximum 50 pounds, floor to waist up to 35 pounds, waist to shoulder up to 25 pounds, overhead level up to 15 pounds; carrying up to 35 pounds, running, climbing, side bending, kneeling, crouching, overhead reaching.
• Operates various machines/tools/work aids.
III. TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
• Exposure to body fluids, blood products, and communicable diseases.
• Work environment may be highly stressful, fast paced and hectic.
• Assignment to inpatient adult psych areas and Family Treatment Center includes occasionally accompanying patients outdoors.
• Management of confused/disoriented and combative patients may involve tasks that may compromise physical safety.
IV. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A. EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:
• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English, both orally and in writing.
• Minimum one (1) year work experience as a Nurse Aide; or,
o Diploma or certificate as a Nurse Aide.
o Diploma or certificate as a Medical Assistant.
o Diploma or certificate as an Emergency Medical Technician.
o Diploma or certificate as a Patient Care Technician.
o Nursing student having completed a semester of clinical fundamentals; or,
o RN with a foreign RN license with at least one (1) year acute care experience.
• Current certification in BLS/HCP.
B. EXPERIENCE:
• Recent experience in an acute care setting preferred.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Vet
