Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit:

PEF

Job Summary:

The Department of Nursing, NS 24 CT/ICU at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full time Nursing Assistant 2. Under the supervision of a Registered Professional Nurse, the successful candidate will:

• Provide specific, direct and indirect patient care activities.
• Assist in the maintenance of a clean and safe environment.
• Perform direct nursing care as delegated.
• Perform indirect nursing care activities as determined by routine assignment as well as unit activity.
• Demonstrate knowledge of normal growth and development in the delivery of care to patients.
• Respond to the changing care needs of patient care areas.
• Participate in activities to promote and foster team spirit and boost unit morale.
• Use problem solving in meeting patient care and unit needs.
• Maintain a safe and efficient work environment.
• Participate in Quality Improvement activities.
• Utilize effective skills in communicating with members of the health care team.
• Foster and maintain positive public relations with patients, families, visitors and staff.
• Obtain, record and exchange information on behalf of the patient.
• Take an active role in personal and professional development.
• Make decisions and take actions that are guided by ethical principles.
• Serve as an addendum for Nurse Aides in the Emergency Department.
• Perform pre-triage functions under the supervision of a registered nurse.
• Identify and place armbands displaying full name and date of birth on all newly triaged patients.
• Place new patients on the T-System triage board.
• Obtain vital signs for all walk in and ambulance triage patients as needed.
• Inform the triage nurse or charge nurse of any abnormal vital signs, patients who c/o chest pain, or difficulty breathing.

Required Qualifications:

• 1-year of satisfactory experience as a Nursing Assistant or equivalent in a hospital setting.
• Demonstrate written, verbal, arithmetic and comprehension skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

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As per civil service guidelines

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.  If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at 718-270-3025.