Nursing Assistants provide direct hands-on care to patients, assisting with daily living activities such as bathing, dressing, and mobility. They also perform simple treatments and therapies under the direction of licensed clinical staff.
Requirements summary
Candidates must have at least one year of experience in patient care or possess current certification as a New York State Certified Nursing Assistant. Individuals eligible for the 55 B/C program will also be considered.
HousekeepingCommunicationRecord KeepingPatient CarePatient ComfortEquipment InspectionClinical SupervisionVital Signs MonitoringPatient TransportSpecimen CollectionDaily Living ActivitiesHygiene AssistanceMobility SupportTherapeutic BathsAssistance with FeedingBasic Treatment Procedures
Job description
Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.
Bargaining Unit
CSEA
Job Summary
The Department of Nursing at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Nursing Assistant 2, NS33 Medical ICU (Nights)
Nursing Assistants provide care to individuals in hospitals and long-term care facilities operated by New York State. Care ranges from attending to patients’ personal hygiene needs, to performing a limited number of simple treatments and therapies under direction of licensed clinical staff. Incumbents provide direct hands-on care to individuals by assisting with bathing, dressing, perineal care, mobility, eating, and other daily living activities.
Illustrative Tasks
Under direct clinical supervision, performs the following duties
Changes simple dressings as directed, gives enemas, douches, and irrigations as directed.
Applies abdominal “T” binders, hot water bottles, aqua “K” pads, ice bags, and coolers, and hot and cold compresses to patients as directed.
Assists patients in collecting urine and stool specimens.
Observes and records patients’ quantitative food and fluid intake and waste output.
Takes temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure and respiration rate.
Gives therapeutic baths such as sitz and fever sponge baths.
Measures and records height and weight.
Inspects functioning oxygen therapy equipment including tents, masks, and cannulae to ensure appropriate functioning.
Recognizes and reports abnormal signs and symptoms of common diseases and conditions to clinical staff.
Applies splints, braces, slings and other self-help devices.
Operates a variety of specialized patient monitoring and treatment devices.
Attends to patients’ hygiene and daily living needs in order to maintain an atmosphere conducive to patient comfort and treatment. Examples include bathing and dressing patients, brushing teeth, and trimming nails.
Collects and carries patients’ laundry and dry cleaning and delivers objects to appropriate locations in the health care facility.
Receives patients’ belongings and transports objects to safe storage, keeping appropriate records.
Feeds patients requiring assistance.
As directed by clinical staff, moves, positions, lifts and transports patients using a variety of lifts and other aids in order to make patients comfortable, prepare patients for treatment, deliver patients to treatment areas, and to prevent contractures.
Brings bedpans and urinals to patients requiring assistance and attends to incontinent patients.
Talks and listens to patients and responds by encouraging patients to cooperate and participate in treatment activities.
May transport patients and supplies on occasion.
May perform a variety of limited housekeeping and cleaning duties related to direct patient care in order to ensure that treatment and patient areas are clean, sanitary, orderly, and properly supplied.
Required Qualifications
Non-Competitive: 1-year of satisfactory full-time experience in the provision of simple treatment and other patient care services under professional supervision;
Possession of current certification as a New York State Certified Nursing Assistant may substitute for the required experience.
Preferred Qualifications
55 b/C qualifications
Individuals certified eligible for the 55 B/C program under the Governor's Program to Hire Persons/Veterans with Disabilities pursuant to Section 55 B/C of the Civil Service Law will also be considered. To be considered, you must provide a copy of your letter of eligibility with your response.
It is essential that candidates clearly and concisely indicate exactly how they meet the above minimum qualifications in their resume. Failure to show how you meet the minimum qualifications above may result in disqualification and removal from consideration.
Work Schedule
Variable Days; 11: 30pm to 8:00am (Full-Time Nights)
Salary Grade/Rank
SG-8
Salary Range
As per civil service guidelines
Hiring Rate $40,391 Base Salary plus $4,000 Location Pay as well as $6,000 Geographic Differential and $575 Inconvenience Pay
Executive Order
Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov [info@goer.ny.gov].
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.
Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu [ada@downstate.edu]
