Nursing Assistant, Day Shift, Part Time

Located where miles of breathtaking ocean views meet dense coastal forests, Adventist Health Mendocino County has a rich history serving community members on the coast since 1971. We are comprised of a 25-bed critical access hospital and offer a range of services in Fort Bragg. The Mendocino Coast offers a small-town atmosphere and is known for its natural beauty, from the smallest to the tallest redwoods in the world, to glass bottom beaches and the only oceanfront botanical gardens in the United States. With whale watching, fishing, hiking trails and many more outdoor adventures readily available, this coastal region is a place to immerse yourself in its landscape and history.

Job Summary

Greets and directs visitors. Prepares and maintains medical records. Responds to patient requests for assistance. Provides information to patients, families, and physicians. Provides other clerical support to nursing team as required. Performs a variety clerical duties including routing patient reports as appropriate. Assists in scheduling patient procedures, assembling charts and maintaining patient flow. Provides personal nursing care under the direction of a licensed nurse. Performs tasks associated with activities of daily living and provides assessment data to Registered Nurse (RN). Performs routine assigned tasks and reports patients’ status and concerns to the RN. Job

Requirements

Education and Work

Experience

High School Education/GED or equivalent: Preferred Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education/related

experience

Preferred One year's relevant

experience

• Preferred
• Unit Secretary training course: Preferred
• Experience in a hospital or medical office setting: Preferred
• Licenses/

Certifications

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

certification

Preferred Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Required Phlebotomy

Certification

• Preferred
• Audiometry and vision training or have a certificate from CHDP: Preferred
• Facility Specific License/

Certifications

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Required

Essential Functions

Provides personal nursing care to the medical/surgical patient population under the direction of a licensed nurse. Performs tasks associated with activities of daily living including, assisting with nutrition and hydration, elimination, personal care, positioning devices and restraints, and restorative care. Performs a variety clerical duties, which include but are not limited to routing patient reports as appropriate.

Performs data collection and maintains data on an ongoing basis. Collects data and performs audits. Ascertains flow of patients admission/transfers.

Assists in scheduling patient procedures . Assembles charts. Performs tasks associated with technical skills including, pyloric, jejunostomy, gastrostomy tube feedings, warm and cold therapies and finger stick capillary blood testing.

Takes vital signs including, pulse and blood pressure. Performs tasks associated with infection control including, ostomy appliances and output from drainage devices . Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Organizational

Requirements

Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply. Adventist Health participates in E-Verify. Visit https://adventisthealth.org/careers/everify/ for more information about E-Verify. By choosing to apply, you acknowledge that you have accessed and read the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work notices and understand the contents therein.