Under the supervision of the RN provides age-appropriate care. Unified by the core purpose of creating a healthier community one person at a time, the members of the Division of Patient Care Services commit themselves to sustaining a culture focused on achieving optimal patient outcomes. Each employee is obligated to deliver highly reliable care while adhering to all National Patient Safety Goals. This occurs within a learning environment that is supportive and just, where each employee is value... more details
Summary
Position Summary:
Under the supervision of the RN provides age-appropriate care. Unified by the core purpose of creating a healthier community one person at a time, the members of the Division of Patient Care Services commit themselves to sustaining a culture focused on achieving optimal patient outcomes. Each employee is obligated to deliver highly reliable care while adhering to all National Patient Safety Goals. This occurs within a learning environment that is supportive and just, where each employee is valued for their contribution to the collective safety of patients, staff, and visitors. Of equal importance is each employee’s commitment to the value of teamwork in order to promote a unified and spirited workplace.
Essential Functions:
General Patient Care With guidance and oversight of the Registered Nurse, performs duties to support the daily care of the patient.
Tasks:
Provides care and assists patients in performing activities of daily living while optimizing autonomy and independence.
Responds to and actively participates in emergency codes.
Displays flexibility and teamwork by readily accepting patient assignment and unanticipated changes in daily routines as well as additional duties to meet unit need.
Performs technical skills including initiation of IV’s, phlebotomy(excluding blood cultures), EKG’s, foley catheter insertion, maintenance and removal of catheters and dressing changes using aseptic technique.
Assists in preparation for new admission, transfer and discharge of patient.
Provides safe, effective and efficient care to assigned group of patients.
Assists in reinforcing patient/family education as directed.
Applies Ace Wraps Applies BAIR Huggar Tranports with the RN, patients to the Critical Care Units.
Qualifications/Requirements
Formal working knowledge; equivalent to an Associate's degree (2 years college); requires knowledge of a specialized field
GNA /CNA certificate from the MD Board of Nursing Hospital orientation/training program
American Heart Assoc. Health Care Provider Cert. (BLS CPR Certification)
Additional Information
As one of the largest health care providers in Maryland, with 13,000 team members, We strive toCARE BRAVELYfor over 1 million patients annually. LifeBridge Health includes Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Northwest Hospital, Carroll Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital and Grace Medical Center, as well as our Community Physician Enterprise, Center for Hope, Practice Dynamics, and business partners: LifeBridge Health & Fitness, ExpressCare and HomeCare of Maryland.
Job Abstracts is an independent Job Search Engine. Job Abstracts is not an agent or representative and is not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with any employer. Job Abstracts uses proprietary technology to keep the availability and accuracy of its job listings and their details. All trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and job descriptions are the property of their respective holder. Job Abstracts does not have its members apply for a job on the jobabstracts.com website. Additionally, Job Abstracts may provide a list of third-party job listings that may not be affiliated with any employer. Please make sure you understand and agree to the website's Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies you are applying on as they may differ from ours and are not in our control.
Any time you conduct a search, the system shows you job matches, ranked by their Relevance Score (RS).
The score is calculated by a proprietary algorithm that uses Intelligent Machine Learning.
The Relevance Score tells you how well the job opportunity matches your search term or terms.
When not logged in, the system is limited to one search term. Scores for single term matches are usually lower.
When you register, log in, and set up multiple terms prioritized by importance, the jobs found for you will receive a much higher Relevance Score.