$750 Sign On Bonus! Excellent benefits that start on your first day! Salary Range: $19.47-$31.00$4.00/hr Shift Differential for overnights. Great opportunity to expand your LNA skills, knowledge and experience. Benefits of working in our 28 bed Med Surg/ Tele/ Bariatric Surgery unit include:Flexible Scheduling with self scheduling options. Exposure to different patient populations. Exceptional Team Work. Lots of Nursing support Qualifications. Assists with patient assessment and care provision under the direction of the Registered Nurseo Measures/records patient information (hgt, wgt, v/s)o Specimen Management - Obtains, prepares and preserves a specimen for a laboratory testo Bedside Laboratory Testing - Performs laboratory test at the bedside or point of careo Observes/reports or records patient response to care giveno Identifies and reports deviation in v/s or patient observations & patient needs to RN 2. Assists patients in meeting nutritional and elimination needso Feeding - provides nutritional intake for patient who is unable to feed selfo Passes, collects and checks food trayso Assists patients with bedpans/urinals/commodeo Tube Care - Assists with management of a patient with an external device exiting the bodyo Measures I & Oo Assists with colostomy care 3. Assists patients with bed rest care, mobility and with personal hygiene and groomingo Transport - moves a patient from one location to anothero Self-Care Assistance: Transfer - assists a person to change body location; assists with the use of assistive devices as indicatedo Exercise Therapy: Ambulation - promotes and assists with walking to maintain or restore autonomic and voluntary body functions during treatment and recovery from illness or injuryo Assists with dressing and undressingo Bed rest Careo Assists with bathingo Oral Health Maintenance - promotes oral health 4. Assists patient with comfort care and emotional supporto Patient Rights Protection - Protects health care rights of a patient, especially a minor, incapacitated or incompetent patient unable to make decisions. Protects patient privacy.o Anxiety Reduction - Minimizes apprehension, dread, foreboding, or uneasiness related to an unidentified source of anticipated dangero Visitation Facilitation - Promotes beneficial visits by family and friendso Answers call bells promptly reporting patient's need as indicated.o Provides orientation to room/unito Assists patients with communications (i.e. nursing call system, phone, etc)o Provides diversional activitieso Provides comfort measures (i.e. back rubs, music, reading material)5. Assists in promoting patient safety & environmental cleanliness/ordero Uses side rails appropriatelyo Environmental Management - Manipulates the patient's surroundings for therapeutic benefit, sensory appeal, and psychological well-beingo Makes bedso Cleans and cares for equipmento Carries out transmission based precautionso Observes oxygen precautionso Emergency Care - Provides life-saving measures in life-threatening situationso Maintains suicide precautionso Maintains seizure precautions 6. Unit operations - Utilizes organizational skills to assure smooth functioning of department operations.o Runs errands as required, delivering specimens to the lab, transporting patients, assisting with special procedures, and other tasks as indicatedo Assists RN with the discharge processo Assists with the orientation of new or transferred employeeso Prioritizes delegated tasks based on patient care needs and unit activitieso Requests assistance with delegated tasks when needed or unsureo Completes work/assignments within allotted time, reporting unfinished responsibilitieso Supply Management - ensures acquisition and maintenance of appropriate items for providing patient careo Demonstrates appropriate telephone etiquette, relaying messages & carrying out appropriate contacts promptly/conciselyo Documents equipment repair / maintenance needs 7. Acquires and maintains current knowledge and competency in LNA / HUC practiceo Acquires and maintains clinical knowledge and skills appropriate to the assigned area and practice settingo Maintains personal documentation of in-service attendance 8. Demonstrates competency in performance of procedures and skills under the direction of the R - No Glucometero Pulse oximetryo Automatic blood pressure deviceo Restraintso Simple dressing changeo IV Removalo Application of heat and coldo DVT Preventiono Sequential Compression Device operationo Foley removalo CCT - Vo Administration of enemas