Licensed Nursing Assistant II- Adult Step Down Unit- Per Diem

About the role

Elliot Health System is excited to share the opening of a new Adult Stepdown Unit (ASDU). It is a 12-bed unit with private rooms incorporating aspects from our Intensive Care Unit that improve nursing satisfaction such as: ceiling lifts to assist with safe patient movement and supply carts in every room to streamline care. The unit will have substantial telemetry monitoring and a medication room to promote safe patient care. Functions as an integral member of the care delivery team by providing direct and indirect patient care under the direction of a RN and within the scope of practice of a Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA). Assists patients with activities of daily living, provides for personal care, emotional support and performs more complex clinical skills under the direction of an RN.

Responsibilities

• LNA
• Models Elliot Essentials behavior with patients, peers and all other members of the health care team.
• Performs or assists patients in the completion of activities of daily living.
• Utilizes basic knowledge of growth and development to provide age-specific patient care.
• Provides basic support to patients and families in response to identified psychosocial needs and cultural and religious preferences.
• Performs clinical tasks within the scope of LNA practice, in accordance with policies and procedures of the Elliot Health System.
• Reports all observations, symptoms, deviations from normal, and changes in patient's condition to the Registered Nurse
• Assists others in performing selected patient care activities or tasks as appropriate.
• Follows all infection prevention/universal precautions policies as appropriate.
• Incorporates safety principles, policies and procedures into daily practice.
• Ensures confidentiality of all patients, employee, legal, budget, and company matters. Maintains patient privacy and dignity.
• Phlebotomy
• Performs routine and emergency phlebotomy.
• Telemetry
• Completes rhythm analysis and interpretation and posts rhythm strips at the specified times.
• Communicates information regarding rhythm changes and vital sign abnormalities to the primary nurse and charge nurse.
• Demonstrates knowledge of location of patients that are off the unit for testing.
• Maintains telemetry alarm notification log.
• Ensures that communication devices are working properly, assigned and distributed to nursing staff.
• Unit Secretary
• Contributes to ensuring effective and efficient communication with visitors, callers, physicians, staff from other departments and others as appropriate.
• Meets and greets visitors to the department; determines the purpose of visit and responds or refers to appropriate staff member.
• Updates and maintains patient assignment board, Census Change Sheets, and all other patient lists.
• Supports effective and efficient patient care processes through timely, accurate transcription and entry of orders/data.
• Maintains Unit Secretary task list to ensure patient care which are verified by the registered nurse, to appropriate patient care documents.
• Assembles patient charts for all admissions to the unit to include all appropriate documents
• Prepares patient charts for patient transfers by copying and organizing required documents according to specific payer criteria.
• Disassembles and reorganizes charts upon discharge before forwarding to medical records.
• Coordinates completion of patient death certificates by contacting appropriate parties.
• Supports the smooth functioning of the unit by performing a variety of clerical and coordinating activities as designated by the unit.
• Updates and maintains the daily communication device list for the unit; ensures that all RNs receive communication device at the beginning of the shift and return them at the end of the shift.
• Radiation Therapy
• Schedules, tracks and assures timeliness of diagnostic testing. Obtaining insurance authorization for diagnostic testing.
• Schedules all follow up clinic appointments.
• Reviews patient's charts to ensure all necessary information is obtained prior to patient visit.
• Obtains an updated medication list for all follow-up patients. Coordinates needed services/referrals for follow up patients.
• Tracks patients missed appointments, and notification to patient to reschedule and sending a certified notice for repeated missed appointments, per protocol.
• Assists physicians with patient physical exams/procedures/preparation of needed equipment.
• Ensures all exam rooms are adequately stocked and cleaned. Checking for and replacement of any expired items. Responsible for lined inventory and distribution within the department.
• Coordinates weekly treatment visits for physicians and RNs.
• Orders all departmental needed clinical supplies in the Lawson system. Tracks supply of bulk stores and MDS items and makes recommendations to adjust par levels.
• Telesitter
• Maintains constant visual obse

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