<p>Nursing Assistant</p> <ul> <li>Must be courteous to patients, customers, clients, and other employees of the organization. </li><li>Identify and locate needed accessories to facilitate transport. </li><li>Answering call lights. </li><li>Making beds both empty and occupied. </li><li>Setting up all equipment routinely used on their home base units. </li><li>Preparing room for admission. </li><li>Assist with patient discharges </li><li>Removal of linens. </li><li>Answering telephone. </li><li>Must wear facility provided identification badge. </li><li>Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family member, visitors, volunteers, and co-workers. </li><li>Facilitate communication to RNs to provide best care possible for patients </li><li>Performs other work-related duties and activities as assigned or requested by his/her immediate supervisor. </li></ul> <p>Additional NURSING ASSISTANT PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:</p> <ul> <li>Transports patients via wheelchairs and stretchers. </li><li>Vital signs, oxygen saturation, weights, and non-invasive specimen collection. </li><li>Turning and positioning patients, range of motion, ambulation, and toiletry. </li><li>Assistance with all ADL's and complete care as needed. </li><li>Setting up, assisting and educating patients, with commodes, bedpans, urinals, sitz baths, walkers, wheelchairs, slings, venodyne boots, crutches, specific precautions- with input from PT as needed </li><li>Appropriate emptying and/or recording of all drainage devices. </li><li>Postmortem care. </li></ul> <p>Patient Care Tech</p> <p>Other duties may be assigned.</p> <ol> <li> <p>Must be courteous to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.</p> </li><li> <p>Takes and records patients' vital signs. Dresses wounds, gives enemas, douches, alcohol rubs, and</p> </li></ol> <p>massages.</p> <ol start="3"> <li> <p>Applies compresses, ice bags, and hot water bottles.</p> </li><li> <p>Observes patients and reports adverse reactions to medication or treatment to medical personnel in</p> </li></ol> <p>charge.</p> <ol start="5"> <li>Administers specified medication, orally or by subcutaneous or intermuscular injection, and notes time </li></ol> <p>and amount on patients' charts.</p> <ol start="6"> <li> <p>Assembles and uses such equipment as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, and oxygen suppliers.</p> </li><li> <p>Collects samples, such as urine, blood, and sputum, from patients for testing and performs routine</p> </li></ol> <p>laboratory tests on samples.</p> <ol start="8"> <li> <p>Sterilizes equipment and supplies.</p> </li><li> <p>Prepares or examines food trays for prescribed diet and feeds patients. Records food and fluid intake</p> </li></ol> <p>and output.</p> <ol start="10"> <li> <p>Bathes, dresses, and assists patients in walking and turning.</p> </li><li> <p>Cleans rooms, makes beds, and answers patients' calls.</p> </li><li> <p>Washes and dresses bodies of deceased persons.</p> </li><li> <p>Assists in delivery, care, and feeding of infants.</p> </li><li> <p>Inventories and requisitions supplies.</p> </li><li> <p>Performs tracheotomy care, colostomy care, wound care and dressing changes.</p> </li><li> <p>Demonstrates through clinical practice the use of universal precautions, understands the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standards.</p> </li><li> <p>Demonstrates a thorough knowledge and/or practice in the prevention of TB transmission and adheres</p> </li></ol> <p>to all other infection control policies.</p> <ol start="18"> <li>Must wear facility provided identification badge at all times </li></ol> <p>Nursing Assistant Trainee (Apprenticeship Program) - Grade FHS5, Job Code: 00351</p> <ul> <li> <p>Ability to read, write and communication in English</p> </li><li> <p>Obtain BLS Certification upon completion of the Apprenticeship Program</p> </li><li> <p>The Nursing Assistant Registered Apprenticeship Program:</p> </li><li> <ol> <li>Includes a classroom curriculum with an accredited Nursing Assistant Program </li></ol> </li><li> <ol start="2"> <li>Includes on-the-job training </li></ol> </li><li> <ol start="3"> <li>Must successfully complete Program within 6 months of hire into Trainee role </li></ol> </li><li> <p>Upon completion of the Falmouth Hospital Nursing Assistant Apprenticeship Program, incumbent will transfer into the Nursing Assistant, Grade FHS5A, Job Code: 00333.</p> </li></ul> <p>Nursing Assistant, Will-Train - Grade FHS5, Job Code: 00444</p> <ul> <li>Ability to read, write and communication in English </li><li>Obtain BLS Certification upon completion of the Will-Train program </li><li>Upon completion of the Falmouth Hospital Nursing Assistant Will-Train program, successful passage of the Falmouth Hospital written competency exam for Nursing Assistant </li><li>Upon completion of the Falmouth Hospital Nursing Assistant Will-Train program, incumbent will transfer into the Nursing Assistant, Grade FHS5A, Job Code: 00333 </li></ul> <p>Nursing Assistant - Grade FHS5A, Job Code: 00333</p> <ul> <li> <p>Ability to read, write and communication in English</p> </li><li> <p>Must meet at least one of the following qualifications:</p> </li><li> <p>a) Successful completion of a Nursing Assistant Program</p> </li><li> <p>b) Successful completion of a Medical Assistant Program</p> </li><li> <p>c) Successful completion of an EMT Program</p> </li><li> <p>d) Successful completed of an LPN Program</p> </li><li> <p>e) Equivalent clinical Military experience</p> </li><li> <p>f) Completed at least one year of an accredited Nursing School Program</p> </li><li> <p>g) Successful completion of the Falmouth Hospital Nursing Assistant Will-Train or Trainee program</p> </li><li> <p>Current Basic Life Support Certification</p> </li><li> <p>Successful passage of CPI training within 6 months from hire and must maintain recertification annually</p> </li></ul> <p>Patient Care Tech</p> <ul> <li>High School diploma or equivalent. </li><li>CNA. </li><li>6 months experience in a health care setting </li><li>Reads, writes, understands English </li><li>Must have taken the EKG course. </li><li>BLS </li><li>Phlebotomy </li></ul>