Nurse Assistant I - Nursing Float Pool

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   Provides routine patient care services such as call light response; ambulating, transferring, and positioning; personal hygiene assistance, prescribed bowel and bladder program assistance, etc.

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   Collects, records, and reports various patient data.  Reports changes in patient condition.

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   Performs surgical skin preps, basic skin care procedures, bedside finger stick blood sugars, and quality control checks of blood glucose instruments.

 Required:

·       High school graduate or equivalent required. 

·       Specialized education requirements, for those not meeting minimum six-month nursing assistance experience requirement, include:

o   acute care nursing assistant course preferred for acute care positions or

o   long term care nursing assistant course or

o   completion of an emergency medical technician program or

o   completion of medical assistant program or

o   completion of a clinical rotation while participating an accredited nursing program.

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  Direct patient care experience preferred. Prior nursing assistant experience of at least six months is required when the specialized education requirements identified above has not been met

• →BLS certification as Healthcare Provider or equivalent through the Military Training Network (MTN).