Nursing Assistant - Cardiac Step Down Unit
Nursing Assistant - Cardiac Step Down Unit
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Job Description
Nemours is seeking aNursing Assistant for our Cardiac Stepdown Unitto join our team inWilmington DE. This position is rotating shifts with every third weekend and holiday rotation.
This position is responsible for: Assisting with general activities of the patient care unit and assist the health care team with performance of patient care activities under the direction and guidance of a Registered Nurse.
Essential Functions:
- Ensuring a clean and safe patient care unit assisting patients with activities of daily life (bath feed play etc.
- Collects patient specimens (blood urine stool other per policy) paying close attention to patient safety comfort and accuracy of information.
- Performing EKGs on the inpatient units at Nemours Childrens Health DE
- Uses Hospital Information Systems as required for patient care (e.g. documenting vital signs and patient care activities.)
- Accurately relays information from physicians nurses laboratory personnel and others.
- Transports patients and delivers reports supplies etc. to other patient units or Institute locations as needed.
Requirements:
- Minimum 1 year patient care experience required
- Able to read and write accurately.
- Able to understand laboratory orders computer information and some medical terminology.
- Comfortable with obtaining specimens including blood specimens from a patient population that is primarily pediatric and often ill handicapped or restricted in some way.
- Current BLS Certification for Healthcare Providers
Nemours Childrens Health is an internationally recognized childrens health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art childrens hospitals Nemours Childrens Hospital Delaware and Nemours Childrens Hospital Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust as well as other income.
As one of the nations premier pediatric health systems were on a journey to discover better ways of approaching childrens health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every childs world a place to thrive. Its a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research advocacy education and prevention leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about and committed to leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care reducing health disparities and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Childrens and how we go well beyond medicine visit us at.
Employment Type
Full-Time
