Nursing Assistant

Spectrum Healthcare Resources is excited to announce an exceptional opportunity for Nursing Assistant (s) to join our team in providing outstanding care at the VA Northern California Health Care System (VANCHCS).

Requirements:

Nursing Assistants must have experience in the field.
• Those working in Acute Locked Psychiatry must have current ProAct or equivalent MAB training and certification.

• Provides direct nursing care under the supervision of a VA Registered Nurse.
• Follows directions, determines priorities in basic patient care, and utilizes organizational and observational skills.

• Reports to VA RN responsible for the team of patients.
• May report through an LPN/LVN to the RN.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serves as a member of the nursing staff, providing routine nursing care and personal services to patients.
• Assists with activities of daily living (feeding, bathing, lifting, turning patients) and performs hygiene care.
• Records all care provided in the clinical records.
• Observes physical and emotional changes in patients, reporting and documenting findings.
• Assists in diagnostic support duties (taking vital signs, collecting specimens, preparing patients for tests, exams, treatments, and surgery).
• Performs treatment procedures such as changing dressings, enemas, colostomy and tracheotomy care, and care for patients in isolation or under continuous observation.
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment, following universal precautions.
• Recognizes emergency situations (cardiopulmonary arrest, choking, seizures, dysreflexia, etc.) and takes appropriate action.
• Assists patients on diagnostic or therapeutic trips, assuming responsibility within the scope of a Nursing Assistant.
• Initiates emergency measures to control disruptive or violent behavior.
• Assists in patient care as directed by an RN or LPN/LVN.
• Respects patient rights, including privacy and dignity.
• Follows VA customer service standards, maintaining professional and respectful conduct.

Company Overview:

Spectrum Healthcare Resources (SHR) was established in 1988 to deliver systems and processes designed to meet the unique needs of Military and VA Health Systems. SHR is a leading organization that provides physician and clinical staffing and management services to United States Military Treatment Facilities, VA clinics and other Federal Agencies through various contracting vehicles. A Joint Commission Health Care Staffing Services firm, SHR is the military staffing division of TeamHealth, a Nationwide organization that serves 850 civilian and military hospitals with a team of 9,600 affiliated health care professionals.

EOE/Disabled/Veterans