McLaren Health Care - Charlevoix, MI
posted about 2 months ago
Full-time
Charlevoix, MI
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
About the position
The Nurse Aide position at McLaren Health Care is a full-time role focused on providing essential health care support to patients under the supervision of a nurse. The role involves assisting patients with daily activities, ensuring their comfort and safety, and maintaining compliance with health care regulations.
Responsibilities
- Answers patient calls and determines how best to help them.
- Provides physical support for patients with daily activities and personal hygiene, including bathing, dressing, getting out of bed, using the toilet, walking, standing or exercising.
- Turns and repositions bedridden patients.
- Ensures patients receive appropriate diet by reviewing their dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences. Provides encouragement and support with eating.
- Obtains and uses a wide range of information from physicians, caregivers and nurses about patient condition, treatment plans, and suggested activities to provide appropriate patient care.
- Measures and records food and liquid intake and urinary and fecal output and reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.
- Records vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and respiration rate as requested by staff or as ordered.
- Examines patients to detect issues requiring medical care, including open wounds, bruises or blood in urine.
- Delivers compassionate support, attention, and assistance to patients and families.
- Ensures compliance with all health care regulations, including HIPAA and OSHA.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment and protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control, hazardous waste and other policies and protocols.
- Performs other related duties as required and directed.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- One month of job-related experience and/or training.
