What are the responsibilities and job description for the NA I, Intermediate Care Unit Days position at Wake Forest?
Position Highlights:
- Shift Schedule: Full Time, Days (7a-7p)
- Department: Intermediate Care Unit
- Location: Wilkes Medical Center
What We Offer:
- Wellness Incentives: Take advantage of up to $1,350 per year in wellness incentives through our LiveWELL program, prioritizing your well-being.
- Education Reimbursement: We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor’s degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree.
- Parental Benefits: We understand the importance of family, providing six weeks of paid maternity leave and four weeks of paid parental leave.
- Retirement: Secure your future with up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions, ensuring financial peace of mind.
- Requirements:
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- Completion of a North Carolina State-approved Nurse Aide I course.
- Registered as a Nurse Aide I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service Regulation.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
- Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition, and Stabilization (PEARS) may be required within one year in select areas.
Key Responsibilities:
- Patient Assistance: Assist medical staff with patient preparation, examinations, and procedures, including patient interviews, data documentation, and vital signs monitoring.
- Nursing Process: Participate in implementing the nursing process by providing direct care to patients under the guidance of an RN or LPN.
- Room Setup: Prepare and maintain examination rooms, ensuring cleanliness, restocking, and proper equipment setup.
- Communication: Ensure complete, accurate, and timely communication of patient information within the healthcare team.
- Specimen Handling: Collect and process specimens for diagnostic testing following policy guidelines.
- Documentation: Accurately document all patient care provided in the medical record according to medical center policy.
- Point of Care Testing: Maintain competency for point of care testing as assigned, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations.
- Effective Communication: Communicate effectively with the healthcare team, colleagues, patients, and family members in a professional and positive manner.
- Professional Development: Take personal responsibility and initiative for professional growth and development.
- Age-Specific Care: Provide age/developmentally appropriate patient care following guidelines for the clinical population served.
- Infection Prevention: Comply with Medical Center Infection Prevention policies to manage infectious materials using proper techniques, sanitization, chemical disinfection, surgical asepsis, and safe handling of biohazardous materials.
- Mission and Values: Adhere to the Medical Center's mission, vision, values, and the philosophy of the Department of Nursing and Service Line standards in patient care.
- Additional Duties: Perform other relevant duties as assigned.
Skills/Qualifications:
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Basic computer skills.
- Ability to perform effectively with frequent workload changes and competing demands.
Work Environment:
- Typical clinical setting.
- Interaction with patients, family members, visitors, co-workers, and medical staff in various circumstances.
- Regular exposure to blood-borne diseases, infectious, and contagious diseases.
- Subject to multiple interruptions.
- Occasional exposure to radiation hazards.
- Possible exposure to cleaning agents/chemicals.
- Occasional irregular hours.
- Use of personal protective equipment.
Salary : $1,350 - $5,000
