PRN Nursing Assistant - Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)

Applications will be accepted through Sunday, June 8, 2025. Candidates will receive communication on next steps by Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

The Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit is hiring for a Nursing Assistant to work as PRN Nursing Assistant.Under direct supervision of Registered Nurses, performs specific tasks to assist members of the Nursing team in providing patient care.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients, families, and multi-disciplinary team.
• Participates in planning patient care appropriate for patient's condition and age.
• Documents patient behavior in a factual, legible manner and identifies material to report to the registered nurse.
• Maintains patients' safety and security by providing physical care and assistance; follows Standard precaution.
• Provides supervision of patients during activities.
• Identifies potential crisis situations, reports to the registered nurse, and intervenes.
• Perform patient personal hygiene such as bathing, toileting, feeding, dressing, grooming and oral care for patients.
• Take temperature, pulse, and blood pressure.
• Clean equipment, patient bedside area, and nursing unit.
• Set up rooms for patient admission.
• Transport patients by bed, cart, or wheelchair.
• Transport equipment, specimens, and supplies.
• Stock and supply patient rooms and Nursing unit.
• Perform basic CPR as required.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.

Aptitudes required in order to perform responsibilities:

• Work in an environment with conflicting demands and/or priorities and rushed and/or urgent timelines.
• Manage multiple assignments and provide quick reaction and immediate response to emergencies.
• Maintain attention to detail over extended period of time and continually be aware of variations in changing situations.
• Strong communication skills and a tolerance for an active work environment with potential for negative behavior.
• Work well with all levels and types of people.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Ability to read, write and follow instructions.

Shift/Hour Requirements:

• 24 hours in a 4-week schedule, 8 of these hours must be on a weekend shift or 1500-0700. 1 summer holiday/1 winter holiday that is at least 4 hours