Nursing Assistant

: Overview At Dignity Health living our values means bringing passion into action every day. Dignity Health-Yavapai Regional Medical Center (DH-YRMC) now part of CommonSpirit Health is a not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that offers a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services including network-wide opportunities to advance your career.

By joining YRMC, you'll be a part of a dynamic and innovative healthcare organization that is committed to making a positive impact on the community.

Responsibilities

As our Nursing Assistant at Dignity Health-Yavapai Regional Medical Center, you'll help our patients feel safer and more comfortable by assisting with their basic daily life activities. Your success in this role comes from your genuine desire to help patients feel better, whether that means giving them fresh bed linens or checking their vitals. You're diligent about your tasks, observant of patients' conditions improving or declining, and accept coaching well. You know we're all continuously trying to become better care providers, and you're eager to learn.

Apply today and discover why our employees love working here!

• Conduct hourly rounds on approximately 10 patients checking vitals maintaining whiteboard information and assisting with care as needed.
• Assist patients with ambulating as necessary.
• Assist released patients in getting safely to their vehicles outside.
• Assist patients with hygiene needs.
• Help the bedside nurse with any wound checks or dressing changes.
• Change bed linens check patients' weight and other tasks as assigned each day.

Qualifications Minimum: Education: High School Diploma or GED

• American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider certificate and one of the following:
• • Current AZ CNA certification;
  • Current AZ LNA;
  • Documentation of successful completion of a Nursing Assistant training program;
  • Documentation of successful completion of first-year curriculum in an accredited RN nursing program;
  • Six months of NA experience; or
  • Current EMT certification with six months of patient care experience.
• Effective and courteous telephone skills.
• Ability to operate copier scanner and fax machines.
• Basic computer literacy and proficiency.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing providing excellent customer service.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities/tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred:

• Acute care experience electronic medical record (EMR) experience or Cerner experience.

Pay Range $18.00 - $23.34 /hour