What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nursing Assistant position at ValueHealth?
This position functions in the pre/post area, patient care, stocking supplies, and performing housekeeping duties.
Minium Qualifications
- Certified Nursing Assistant and CPR certification
Essential Functions
- Observes and reports on patient’s status and needs.
- Answers call lights and attends to/reports patient needs.
- Transfers, moves and repositions patients.
- Monitors and records of patient’s vital signs heart rate, pulse temperature and blood pressure.
- Assist physicians and nurses during medical examinations and treatment of the patient.
- Makes occupied and unoccupied beds.
- Maintains current knowledge and certification requirements.
- Assist with patient discharges and transportation to their automobile.
- Attends all required Safety Training programs and can describe his/her responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety and specific job-related hazards.
- Respect and regard the dignity of all patients, families, visitors and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible and courteous environment.
- Housekeeping duties in the PRE/Post bays.
- Monitoring supply levels and restocking.
- Taking directions from RNs
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform basic functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, converse, and listen; use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and to reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
The employee must be able to lift and carry over 50 pounds on a regular basis and be able to push/pull over 25 pounds on a regular basis.
The employee must be able to stand and walk at least five hours per day.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform basic functions.
