Nursing Assistant - IPD

Job description

Full Time: Nursing Assistant (NA) – Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
Starting at $19.00 per hour, plus shift differentials for evening, night, and weekend shifts.
Job Overview
Straith Hospital is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Nursing Assistant to join our Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit. If you are passionate about providing exceptional patient care and enjoy working in a collaborative healthcare environment, we encourage you to apply.
As an Inpatient Rehabilitation Nursing Assistant, you will work under the direction of a Registered Nurse to provide direct patient care while supporting patients throughout their rehabilitation journey. You will play an important role in promoting patient comfort, safety, and independence while helping create a positive healing environment for patients and their families.
Duties
• Provide direct patient care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse while considering age-specific, developmental, cultural, and spiritual needs.
• Monitor patients and promptly report changes in condition, abnormal findings, and patient needs to the RN.
• Obtain and document vital signs, intake and output, weights, pain scores, and other routine patient information.
• Assist patients with activities of daily living including bathing, toileting, feeding, positioning, transferring, and ambulation.
• Support rehabilitation goals by assisting with coughing, deep breathing exercises, incentive spirometry, oxygen therapy, and other delegated nursing interventions.
• Perform purposeful hourly rounding and respond promptly to patient requests and call lights.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized patient care environment, including room preparation, equipment cleaning, and linen management.
• Participate in patient admissions, transfers, discharges, and family orientation to the unit and equipment.
• Actively participate in structured and informal handoff communication with the healthcare team.
• Accurately document patient care activities in accordance with hospital policies and procedures.

Qualifications
Required:
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification or equivalent patient care experience.
• Current BLS (Basic Life Support) certification or ability to obtain within designated timeframe.
• Ability to safely assist patients with mobility, transfers, and activities of daily living.
• Strong communication, teamwork, and customer service skills.
• Ability to work 12-hour shifts, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays as scheduled.
• Must pass background check and drug screening.

Why Straith?
• Supportive work culture focused on teamwork and clinical excellence.
• Competitive salary and shift differentials .
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans.
• Non-Profit Hospital allows eligibility for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness