Position Summary
Orlando Health is a 3200-bed system that includes 15 wholly-owned hospitals and emergency departments, rehabilitation services, cancer institutes, heart institutes, imaging and laboratory services, wound care centers, physician offices for adults and pediatrics, skilled nursing facilities, an in-patient behavioral health facility, home healthcare services in partnership with LHC Group, and urgent care centers in partnership with CareSpot Urgent Care.
Nearly 4200 physicians representing more than 80 medical specialties and subspecialties have privileges across the Orlando Health system, which employs nearly 22000 team members. Areas of clinical excellence are orthopedics, heart and vascular, cancer care, neurosciences, surgery, pediatric specialties, neonatology, womens health, and trauma.
The Nursing Assistant II performs general patient care to patients under the direction and supervision of the Licensed Practical Nurse or Registered Nurse. Provides care at any facility that regularly staffs Nursing Assistants on a 24-hour, 7-day-per-week basis.
Accepting applicants for Days, Nights, FT, PT, or PRN.
As a member of the corporate float pool, you will float to each of the adult in-patient units within the system, including:
Qualifications
Education and Training:
High school graduate or equivalent and One year of nursing assistant work experience within the past five years may be substituted for completion of one of the below trainings:
Licensure and Certification:
Maintains current BLS and Healthcare Provider certification.
Experience:
One year of experience within the past five years in a relevant healthcare setting. No experience required for graduates of an approved school of nursing or other trainings listed in the training requirements.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
• Assists patient with hygiene, mobility, hydration, elimination, and nutritional needs. • Provides routine treatments and maintains a safe, clean, neat, and organized patient environment. • Maintains safety and security of patients, families, self, and other members of the healthcare team. • Assures patient privacy rights and confidentiality. • Follows standard precautions always washing hands between patients. • Assists with admission, transfer, and discharge of patients. • Takes and records temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rates, food and fluid intake, and output as directed. • Obtains data and accurately documents pertinent patient information according to Orlando Health specific policies and guidelines. • Recognizes and communicates appropriate information and safety concerns regarding the patients condition to the RN and/or other members of the healthcare team. • Participates in handoff report and purposeful hourly rounding of patients. • Provides exceptional service and/or care to all patients, families, customers, and team members. • Demonstrates competency in specific tasks and skills as defined by Orlando Health and unit-specific competencies. • Maintains a clean, neat, safe, and organized nursing unit. • Receives and processes incoming phone calls, patient call lights, and guest requests. • Transports and delivers items, equipment, blood products, and medications (excluding controlled substances and IV chemotherapy drugs) throughout the facility. • May have limited access to areas storing medications.