Nursing Care Attendant

Company: Mercy Healthcare Sacramento
Location: Rancho Cordova
Posted on: June 25, 2022

Job Description:

Overview:
Dignity Health, one of the nation's largest health care systems, is a 22-state network of more than 9,000 physicians, 63,000 employees, and 400 care centers, including hospitals, urgent and occupational care, imaging and surgery centers, home health, and primary care clinics. Headquartered in San Francisco, Dignity Health is dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care with special attention to the poor and underserved. For more information, please visit our website at www.dignityhealth.org. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

Responsibilities:
Position Summary: -The incumbent is a member of the healthcare team who is accountable for patient care supportive services in units throughout the Sacramento Region under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. The duties will include providing direct patient care to patients as assigned. These duties may include functions traditionally performed by a nursing assistant/care assistant or direct physical monitoring (sitter/safety attendant). It is expected that those in this position will float to all five Sacramento Area Hospitals as needed. - May have access to or be required to distribute drugs, needles or syringes from storage locations, (such as large stock supplies, automated dispensing units and other carts) to/within patient care areas or treatment carts as defined by hospital policy/procedure.

Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications: -It is expected that those in this position will float to all five Sacramento Area Hospitals as needed.One (1) year of CNA/Nurse Assistant/Care giver experience in an Acute Care facility - requiredCurrent Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through American Heart Association (AHA)

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