Nursing Assistant I (Per Diem) Child, Adolescent & Eating Disorders Unit (5 Neurosciences)

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The Child Adolescent and Eating Disorders Psychiatry Inpatient Unit is seeking a Nursing Assistant I (Per Diem) to join their department.

Position Offering:

• Shift: Day & Night Rotating shifts including weekends and holidays
• Hours: Per Diem; Minimum of 12 hours every two weeks
• Entity: UNC Medical Center
• Location: Chapel Hill NC

The Child Adolescent and Eating Disorders Psychiatry Unit is a 28-bed unit comprised of three different focus areas to include 14 Adolescent 8 Child and 6 Eating Disorders patient beds. Safety is the key component of the care provided as well as introduction of positive coping skills healthy living and positive leisure activities.

This is a Per Diem/ at-will position requiring the ability to generally work a minimum of 12 hours every 2 weeks; Day & Night Rotating shifts general hours are 7am-7:30pm & 7pm-7:30am with weekend and holiday rotation. This position requires the ability to attend a required weeklong hospital orientation offered every two weeks.

Orientation Schedule: Monday & Tuesday Virtual with a 10am mandatory WebEx; Wednesday 8am to 10am Virtual and in person from 1pm to 5 pm; and Thursday and Friday Virtual.

Summary:
Provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital clinic or home health care setting. All work performed is under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician.

Responsibilities:

1. Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures as well as procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations.
2. In the psychiatric setting aids patients in reality orientation participates in behavior modification plans/therapy provides informal support therapy to patients/families provides verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients aids in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients facilitates age appropriate play for children and monitors the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met.
3. Observes collects and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patients condition to a registered nurse or physician.
4. Provides assistance to patients and their families during admission to the clinical area orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience and discharge
5. Provides care/ treatments to patients as outlined in plan of care including but not limited to the measurement of vital signs height and weight specimen collection skin preps/scrubs catheter care capillary blood glucose checks simple wound care range of motion exercises postural drainage and supportive 11 patient and family interactions.
6. Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing dressing feeding and assisting with ambulation.
7. Provides indirect care to patients and assigned area to include but not limited to cleaning the work area changing linens re-stocking supplies cleaning/sterilizing instruments transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens assisting in the orientation of new employees and students and some routine clerical functions.
8. Reinforces routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions. Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
None required as long as all other position requirements are met.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
Professional Experience Requirements:
Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills.

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: 5 Neurosciences

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 6.00

Salary Range:$18.00 - $24.66 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Rotating

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If however you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age genetic information disability status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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