NA I, Medical Unit

Overview

Position Highlights:

• Shift Schedule: Full Time, Days (7a-7p)  
• Department: Medical Unit 
• Location:  Wilkes Medical Center

What We Offer:

• Wellness Incentives: Take advantage of up to $1,350 per year in wellness incentives through our LiveWELL program, prioritizing your well-being.
• Education Reimbursement: We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor’s degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree.
• Parental Benefits: We understand the importance of family, providing six weeks of paid maternity leave and four weeks of paid parental leave.
• Retirement: Secure your future with up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions, ensuring financial peace of mind.

• Requirements:
• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Completion of a North Carolina State-approved Nurse Aide I course.
• Registered as a Nurse Aide I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service Regulation.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition, and Stabilization (PEARS) may be required within one year in select areas.
   

Key Responsibilities:

• Patient Assistance: Assist medical staff with patient preparation, examinations, and procedures, including patient interviews, data documentation, and vital signs monitoring.
• Nursing Process: Participate in implementing the nursing process by providing direct care to patients under the guidance of an RN or LPN.
• Room Setup: Prepare and maintain examination rooms, ensuring cleanliness, restocking, and proper equipment setup.
• Communication: Ensure complete, accurate, and timely communication of patient information within the healthcare team.
• Specimen Handling: Collect and process specimens for diagnostic testing following policy guidelines.
• Documentation: Accurately document all patient care provided in the medical record according to medical center policy.
• Point of Care Testing: Maintain competency for point of care testing as assigned, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations.
• Effective Communication: Communicate effectively with the healthcare team, colleagues, patients, and family members in a professional and positive manner.
• Professional Development: Take personal responsibility and initiative for professional growth and development.
• Age-Specific Care: Provide age/developmentally appropriate patient care following guidelines for the clinical population served.
• Infection Prevention: Comply with Medical Center Infection Prevention policies to manage infectious materials using proper techniques, sanitization, chemical disinfection, surgical asepsis, and safe handling of biohazardous materials.
• Mission and Values: Adhere to the Medical Center's mission, vision, values, and the philosophy of the Department of Nursing and Service Line standards in patient care.
• Additional Duties: Perform other relevant duties as assigned.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to perform effectively with frequent workload changes and competing demands.

Work Environment:

1. Typical clinical setting.
2. Interaction with patients, family members, visitors, co-workers, and medical staff in various circumstances.
3. Regular exposure to blood-borne diseases, infectious, and contagious diseases.
4. Subject to multiple interruptions.
5. Occasional exposure to radiation hazards.
6. Possible exposure to cleaning agents/chemicals.
7. Occasional irregular hours.
8. Use of personal protective equipment.