Job Summary: Support nursing practice and care delivery through a blend of direct patient care, communication, and clerical duties within a surgical unit setting.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Fiscal Responsibility: Efficiently manage supplies and equipment, complete tasks promptly, adhere to shift schedules, and support unit goals to reduce waste.
• Quality: Participate in documentation per unit standards, stay current with policy updates, problem-solve, multitask within scope, and contribute ideas to improve workflow and patient experience.
• Patient Satisfaction: Promote positive patient interactions, respond promptly to needs, maintain professionalism with electronic device use, and engage in purposeful rounding.
• Patient Safety: Practice safe patient mobilization, use two patient identifiers for all tasks, report unusual occurrences, adjust care routines as assigned, and comply with HIPAA and social media policies.
• Professional Growth: Share knowledge with colleagues, demonstrate leadership, participate in orientation and training, identify learning needs, and contribute to departmental goals.
• Customer Service: Engage patients and families respectfully, maintain a quiet and professional environment, be flexible with assignments, practice AIDET communication, and foster teamwork and interdepartmental relationships.

Education and Experience Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within three months of hire.

Work Shift: 6:00am – 6:30pm, 36 hours per week.

This role is based in a regional healthcare setting within the Midwest United States.