Job Description

The Nursing Assistant functions in a support role to the Registered Professional Nurse by providing direct patient care and related activities as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school Diploma/Equivalent

• Three to nine months of healthcare experience preferred. Venipuncture and EKG skills required

• Certificate of Medical Assistant training or equivalent

• Heartsaver Certification from American Heart Association and/or BCLS

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSH

SEIU 1199 at Mount Sinai Hospital, 795 - Pediatric ICU - MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital

Responsibilities

1.Performs procedures as associated with activities of daily living and personal hygiene of the patient.

2.Observes, reports, and records routine and specific patient data, behaviors and reposes to treatment on appropriate flow sheet.

3.Performs procedures associated with the admission, transfer and discharge of patients.

4.Performs procedures associated with the maintenance of food or fluid intake.

5.Performs procedures associated with excretion of body waste and/or loss of fluids.

6.Provides for safe and comfortable movement of patients in accordance with the principles of good body mechanics. Utilizes mechanical devices as necessary.

7.Performs simple applications of heat and cold.

8.Provides care to the body of deceased patients in preparation for removal to the morgue. Provides support to the family/significant others. Secures property.

9.Obtains, assembles and maintains equipment for use during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

10.Assists members of the health care team with physical exam and other procedures.

11.Performs errands away from the area of assignment to implement the care of patients including transporting stat specimens and/or obtaining supplies as necessary, i.e., equipment for Team 7000.

12.Maintains a clean, uncluttered and tidy environment.

13.Maintains equipment and cleans as necessary. Stocks supplies.

14.Utilizes aggression control measures in the care of patients who are verbally or physically threatening.

15.Performs 1:1 observation of patients on special observation status, i.e., suicide, safety, elopement precautions.

16.Attends ongoing staff development as assigned to maintain appropriate knowledge base and skills.

17.Maintains attendance and punctuality record in accordance with departmental standards.

18.Performs procedures related to assuring a safe environment for patients, staff and others.

19.Assumes other responsibilities as assigned.

About Us

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.

• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.

• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!

“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

Compensation Statement

Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $23.936 - $26.0312 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.