Nursing Assistant - Trauma (Part Time, 24, Day/Night)

• Responsibilities Review Date: 12/24 Effective Date: 04/21 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:
• Inside work.
• 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.

A. EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION AND

• 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.

• Recent experience in an acute care setting preferred. Equal Employment Opportunity Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Vet