Nurse Aide, Acute Rehab, 7Am-3Pm, 40Hrs/Week

Job Title: Nurse Aide

Job Location: Lincoln Campus

Status: Hourly
Sign-on Bonus: $3000
Job Overview

• Responsible for understanding and implementing the patient care plan and to deliver quality care within the clinical services systems and according to Madonna's philosophy and mission.
• Responsible for quality service delivery and internal/external customer relations for Madonna as a whole, including upholding the mission and values for the department and facility.
• Responsible for reporting adverse patient condition changes to supervisor. Work will be performed in an ethical and legal manner following organizational policies, processes, protocols and procedures.

Essential Functions
(INFORMATION)

• Understand and utilize individual job description, program and facility policies and operational definitions to ensure quality care delivery.
• Compute, compare, and document patient care data to provide accurate information for the medical record.
• Compile and coordinate patient care information to meet program and patient goals.
• Properly charge patients for billable supplies to ensure accurate billing.

(PEOPLE)

• Communicate (speak-signal) with licensed nurse and other nursing staff members, regarding patient condition, changes, concerns, patient goals achieved to ensure quality service delivery.
• Communicate to patient, family and co-workers in a respectful manner to maintain a positive customer oriented approach.
• Receive directions from a licensed nurse for patient plan of care in order to meet patient's goals.
• Instruct and orient new staff to department, environment and operational guidelines.
• Follow instruction from licensed nurse to perform other functions as assigned in order to achieve the goals within the department and clinical services systems.
• Serve/attend to the direct care needs of patients and families including transfers, ambulation, repositioning and transporting.

(THINGS)

• Maintain and ensure a safe environment for the department. Handle and operate all necessary equipment and perform required duties according to established safety standards to maintain compliance with regulations and prevent injury.

Medical devices used in work, include but not limited to:

• Bed scale
• Telephone
• Truma tub
• Stethoscope/sphygmomanometer
• Oral/Tympanic thermometer
• Digital wheelchair/standing scale
• Paging device
• Tub chair lift
• Workstation on Wheels (WOW)
• Transfer/repositioning devices
• Beds, wheelchairs, stretchers

B. Stock and reorder supplies
C. Ensure cleanliness of equipment and environment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS & ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Medium work with frequent lifting. Manual patient transfer or reposition which does not exceed the equivalent of 35 pounds of force to lift, push or pull. Requires sufficient strength to produce 50 pounds of force to push a wheelchair with a 300-pound individual on level surfaces. Constant walking with maximum duration of up 30 minutes sustained walking on tile, carpet and other surfaces. Must tolerate frequent standing with sustained periods of up to 1 hour on tile, carpet, and shower surfaces. Must tolerate frequent sitting with sustained periods of up to 1 hour. Frequent reaching with both arms at low, waist, and high levels. Frequent grasping of both hands for transfers and repositioning requiring normal grip strength based on national averages. Frequent stooping, bending, and twisting are required for patient care. Constant near visual acuity to evaluate and monitor patients. Ordinary hearing and speaking skills. Routinely exposed to biohazardous materials.
QUALIFICATIONS (Education/training And/or Experience)

• Incumbent must be 18 years of age or older.
• Successful completion of the State approved nurse aide training program which includes the 75 hour classroom, written, and competency skill exams and meets current Nebraska registry requirements.

Madonna is an Equal Opportunity Employer.