WI- Nursing Assistant

JOB DESCRIPTION
Provides basic, quality patient focused care in clinical setting under daily direction and supervision of Registered Nurse (RN) in accordance with the standards of practice within guidelines of corresponding state regulations. Performs delegated tasks in patient care setting that supports environment of patient care and assures patients and family are treated in a holistic manner with dignity and respect.
AAH Hospice
About Facility:
There is one 18 bed inpatient hospice facility: Aurora Zilber Family Hospice Inpatient Facility, 1155 N. Honey Creek Parkway Wauwatosa, WI 53213
General Information:
Beds: N/A
Will you accept a traveler with 1-year experience? Yes, 1 year of experience.
Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes
Patient Types:
Staff will primarily be seeing patients in the community setting, i.e. their home, the home of a family member, Assisted Living Facilities, Group Homes, Nursing Homes, and perhaps a hospice patient in an AAH Hospital.
Hospice patients/end of life (life expectancy 6 months or less if disease runs its normal course). Common diagnoses are 40% cancer, 60% other medical issues
Patient Ratios:
Inpatient Hospice:
CNA: 1:6, up to 18 patients at night
Required Certifications: BLS, state license
Skills required: IV skills, chest tube maintenance/pleurex drain, catheter insertion, tube feedings, triage skills, wound care, wound vac, comfortable dealing with PIV, midline, central line, etc., competency with end of life care including pain and symptom management both pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical, experience with opioids and opioid equinalagesic table, documentation on EMR platform, independent critical thinker/problem solver but knows when to reach out and ask for help/questions, flexible; inpatient facility does provide palliative sedation
Support on the Unit only applicable to Aurora Zilber Family Hospice:
Receptionist/HUC: Available for all departments; office staff support as well
Charge nurse: Manager, Team Lead and/or Administrator available
Phlebotomy? Infrequent; may be asked to perform blood draw. Could be peripheral stick or through a port/line
Resource Nurse: No, but do have Nurse educator, Hospice Manager, Team Lead, Preceptor
RT: Resource via our DME division
Hospitalist: Hospice physician and patient attending physician
Technology/Equipment:
EMR: EPIC Hyperspace/ClinDoc
IV pumps: PCA pump, Alaris IV pump
Medication dispensing: Pyxis at Aurora Zilber Family Hospice
Other notes:
Scrub Color: Navy blue