Responsibilities
- Assist patients with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, and using the bathroom.
- Serve and feed patients according to their dietary needs.
- Assist patients with interpersonal relationships and facilitate the adjustment to living environments.
- Clean and maintain patient environments, including changing bed linens.
- Monitor and record vital signs like blook pressure and temperature.
- Help patients with mobility, including transferring them between wheelchairs, beds, and other seating.
- Turn and reposition bedridden patients to prevent bedsores.
- Provide basic physical assistance and support to patients.
- Report any health concerns or changes in patients' condition to the supervising nurse or physician.
- Assist in coordinating staff schedules and weekly patient assignments sheets for individualized patient care.
Requirements
- Minimum of one year of clinical experience in direct patient care as a Licensed Nurse Assistant.
- Experience in detention or correctional healthcare, residential healthcare, a hospital, outpatient clinic, nursing home, or other supervised medical, nursing, or patient care facility that provided direct care.
- Experience with pediatric and adult patients.
- Licensed in New Hampshire and have no record of prior or pending disciplinary action against him or her by the licensure body or agency.
- Program must be accredited by an entity recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Licensure must be maintained current, and any required education, trainings, continued education to maintain licensure must be completed within the required timeline for completion by the licensing/ certifying authority.
- Candidate must not have been convicted of, pled guilty to, pled nolo contender to, or received probation before judgement for any crime other than a minor traffic violation, the record of which has not been expunged.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification must be from one of the following approved organizations: American Heart Association (AHA) BLS for health care providers, American Red Cross CPR/BLS for the professional rescuer, American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI) CPR and AED for healthcare providers and professional responders.
- Course components must include Adult, Pediatric, and Infant CPR, Foreign Body Airway Obstruction, and Automatic Defibrillator (AED) proficiency.
- Must be able to read, write and speak English to effectively communicate.
- US Citizen or Permanent Resident Card is required.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- basic life insurance
- 401k plan
- paid time off
- annual bonus
Work Arrangement
On-site
Additional Information
- May be required to travel short notice, or to serve in various medical units within the region or location.
- Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.
- Work involves sitting and standing for prolonged periods of time.
- May require bending, stooping and lifting up to 15 lbs.
