Baptist Health Shelby Hospital: 

Since our beginning in 1959 with just 35 beds, Baptist Health Shelby Hospital has been delivering quality and compassionate care to our neighbors in the Alabaster community. Today, we are a 252-bed facility accredited by The Joint Commission. Our high-quality care combined with our full range of healthcare services and treatments means you can receive the care you need close to home.  Baptist Health Shelby Hospital is a recognized leader in heart attack, heart failure and stroke, including Primary Stroke Center certification from The Joint Commission and Get With the Guidelines® Gold Plus Achievement in Stroke from the American Heart Association. In addition to advanced cardiovascular services, our wide scope of care includes bariatrics; diagnostic imaging; emergency room care; gynecology; oncology; orthopedics; physical therapy; a sleep disorder center; surgical care, including minimally invasive robotic surgery; urology; and wound care.

Performs general patient care to patients under the direction and supervision of the Licensed Practical Nurse or Registered Nurse.

Essential Functions

• Assists patient with hygiene, mobility, hydration, elimination and nutritional needs
• Provides routine treatments and maintains a safe, clean, neat, and organized patient environment.
• Maintains safety and security of patients, families, self, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Assures patient privacy, rights, and confidentiality.
• Follows standard precautions, always washes hands between patients.
• Assists with admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.
• Takes and records temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rates, food and fluid intake and output as directed.
• Obtains data and accurately documents pertinent patient information according to Orlando Health specific policies and guidelines.
• Recognizes and communicates appropriate information and safety concerns regarding the patient’s condition to the RN and or other members of the healthcare team.
• Participates in handoff report and purposeful hourly rounding of patients.
• Provides exceptional service and or care to all patients, families, customers and team members.
• Demonstrates competency in specific tasks and skills as defined by Orlando Health and unit specific competencies.
• Maintains a clean, neat, safe and organized nursing unit.
• Receives and processes incoming phone calls, patient call lights and guest requests.
• Transports and delivers items, equipment, blood products, and medications (excluding controlled substances and IV chemotherapy drugs) throughout the facility.
• May have limited access to areas storing medications.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Other Related Functions

• Enthusiastically supports and participates in planned changes.
• Participates in nursing Performance Improvement activities as assigned.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues, patient rights and compliance with the standards of regulatory and accrediting agencies.
• Consistently utilizes time and resources effectively and efficiently.
• Attends hospital, unit staff meetings and in-services according to policy.
• Completes all mandatory training.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide appropriate care based on principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs

Education/Training
High school graduate or equivalent.

Licensure/Certification
Must obtain BLS/Healthcare Provider certification within 30 days of hire.

Experience
None