This position qualifies for our Nursing Support Incentive Program.

The Nursing Support Incentive

Program includes $5,000 paid over a two (2) year commitment. 7 East- is a 28 bed Acute Care general surgery/Bariatric Post op unit. We are a Bariatric Accredited Center for elective Bariatric weight loss surgery and provide patients with specialized post-operative care that result in excellent post-operative outcomes in just one overnight! Our nursing team works with patients to educate and progress post-surgery using the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Pathway.

Our unit is very busy with the many discharges and post operative admissions each day. Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. Provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic or home health care setting.

All work performed is under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician. Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations. In the psychiatric setting, aids patients in reality orientation, participates in behavior modification plans/therapy, provides informal support therapy to patients/families, provides verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aids in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients, facilitates age appropriate play for children, and monitors the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met.

Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or physician. Provides assistance to patients and their families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience,



and discharge Provides care/ treatments to patients as outlined in plan of care including, but not limited to, the measurement of vital signs, height and weight, specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, straightforward wound care, range of motion exercises, postural drainage, and supportive 11 patient and family interactions. Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and assisting with ambulation.

Provides indirect care to patients and assigned area to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, changing linens, re-stocking supplies, cleaning/sterilizing instruments, transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens, assisting in the orientation of new employees and students, and some routine clerical functions. Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers. Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills.

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH Entity: UNC REX Healthcare Organization Unit: Rex 7 East Work Type: Full Time Salary Range: $17.43 - $24.05 per hour (Hiring Range) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.

📌 Home Health - Personal Care - CNA (Raleigh)
🏢 UNC Health
📍 Raleigh