Nurse Assistant / Clerical Assistant - Labor & Delivery

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Job Type:
Regular
Scheduled Hours:
36
Job Summary:
The best nursing career starts here.
St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Nurse Assistant / Clerical Assistant for our Labor & Delivery Unit located within the Edgewood Hospital.
Shift/Hours: Full-Time - 36 hours/week, Night Shift 7P-7A
Job Description:
Join our team and find out what it means to be "Right Here."
Starting your Nurse Assistant career at St. Elizabeth means you'll enjoy the culture, compensation, and benefits you want, while receiving the support you need to advance your career. You'll get on-the-job training, paid time for classroom and clinical orientation, and individualized clinical orientation with a preceptor based upon experience.
With five Magnet-recognized facilities and a tradition of excellence unmatched in our region, St. Elizabeth is a place where Nurse Assistants can flourish, and where their commitment to patients is mirrored by our administration's commitment to them. Come see why we continue to be one of the most highly awarded health systems in our region.
The Nurse Assistant / Clerical Assistant is responsible for coordinating and maintaining the clerical functions and duties of a designated unit/program.

• Utilizes customer service skills when addressing patients/visitors, physicians, co-workers face to face and on the telephone.
• Organizes and performs clerical duties in epic related to worklist tasks, admission, discharges, transfers and death of a patient to assure pertinent data is recorded for present and future use. Complete worklist tasks triggered by physician orders or nurse generated tasks.
• Updates and maintains patient records as defined by organizational and unit policy to allow functional use by nursing, medical staff, and health care team members.
• Performs activities designed to support unit as directed such as ensuring compliance with environmental standards and participation in performance improvement activities, etc. Assists in maintaining adequate amount of supplies on nursing unit and obtains other items as needed from central supply and Par level.
• Provides general patient care such as bathing, mouth care and peri-care, dressing of patients, and changing/making beds.
• Prepares and assists patients with meals, feeds patients, removes dietary trays, and records accurate intake and output. Documents amount and percent of meals and fluids according to Intake and Output and Calorie Count procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Education, Credentials, Licenses:

• High school or GED graduate.
• Successful completion of first clinical rotation in an accredited nursing program.
• Ability to read and communicate effectively in English.
• Not listed on applicable state Abuse Registry
• Must have CPR for the professional rescuer

Specialized Knowledge:
Basic math skills
Kind and Length of Experience:
Successful work employment history
DESIRABLE

• Health Unit Coordinator Course Certification
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and Outlook
• Prior CNA experience
• Prior clerical experience including phone etiquette
• Data entry

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt
Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.