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Benefits and Opportunities:

Career Growth:

Opportunities for personal skill-building and professional development. +

Education Support:

Tuition assistance for furthering your education. +

Work-Life Balance:

Paid time off (PTO) and paid parental leave to support your well-being. +

Health Benefits:

Comprehensive health coverage to safeguard your health and wellness. If you're prepared to embrace new challenges, explore this opportunity with us today!

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Requests assistance in planning and prioritizing activities as needed.

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Responds within the scope of the nursing assistant role to emergent situations.
Provide companionship/supervision one in one with patients as required.

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Benefits and Opportunities:

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Opportunities for personal skill-building and professional development. +

Education Support:

Tuition assistance for furthering your education. +

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Paid time off (PTO) and paid parental leave to support your well-being. +

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Comprehensive health coverage to safeguard your health and wellness. If you're prepared to embrace new challenges, explore this opportunity with us today!

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+ Constructively receives feedback and direction.

Identifies and communicates learning needs to the unit director.

Takes action to improve knowledge, skills and performance.

Requests assistance in planning and prioritizing activities as needed.

Participates in self-review as requested by the unit director. + Demonstrates the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the health care team.

Demonstrates understanding of cultural diversity, horizontal violence and impairment in the health professions.

Cares for patients and self by supporting safety in the workplace.

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Establishes professional and respectful interpersonal relationships.

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Strictly adheres to all policies and practices relative to patient care and hospital related information.
Responds within the scope of the nursing assistant role to emergent situations.
Provide companionship/supervision one in one with patients as required.

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+ Constructively receives feedback and direction. Identifies and communicates learning needs to the unit director. Takes action to improve knowledge, skills and performance. Request's assistance in planning and prioritizing activities as needed. Participates in self-review as requested by the unit director.

+ Performs the UPMC nursing core responsibilities for nursing assistants: ADLs (bathing, feeding, transporting, toileting, ambulating, turning and repositioning patients. PLUS weights, vital signs, I&O, telemetry monitor application/reapplication, HAC & PSI prevention (TEDs/SCDs), urine specimen collection, restraint placement and removal, and ticket to ride.

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Access to medications is limited to the distribution of the medication to the nurse.

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+ Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCMC)

+ NY Mandated Reporter Training

+ NYS Staff Exclusion List (NYSEL)

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Medical Assistant - Behavioral Health