Use this Nursing Assistant job description to advertise your vacancies and find qualified candidates. Feel free to modify responsibilities and requirements based on your needs.
Nursing Assistant responsibilities include:
- Helping patients with hygiene, such as using the bathroom, bathing, brushing teeth and dressing
- Assisting patients with meals by feeding them
- Monitoring general health and vital signs and reporting to RN
Job brief
We are looking for a Nursing Assistant to join our team and help our patients with daily activities such as eating, dressing and bathing as needed.
Nursing Assistant responsibilities include providing basic services to patients throughout the day who have difficulties with mobility or cognitive skills.
Ultimately, you will work directly with patients to provide various services to assist them with basic needs and maintain their wellbeing as needed.
Responsibilities
- Help patients use the bathroom
- Clean and bathe patients or residents
- Maintain patients’ hygiene and change bedding
- Turn, reposition and move patients between wheelchairs, seats and beds
- Serve meals and help patients eat their food
- Measure vital signs like blood pressure and temperature
Requirements and skills
- Proven work experience as a Nursing Assistant or similar role
- Excellent attention to detail
- Great written and verbal communication
- Ability to carefully read and follow directions
- Flexibility in work duties and schedule
- Good teamwork skills
- Ability to lift and move patients
- Good foundation of clinical skills and knowledge
- Relevant training and/or certifications as a Nursing Assistant
Frequently asked questions
- What does a Nursing Assistant do?
- A Nursing Assistant provides basic care to patients in nursing homes, hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
- What are the duties and responsibilities of a Nursing Assistant?
- A Nursing Assistant has many responsibilities in providing basic care, such as assisting patients with activities that allow them to live more comfortably, like eating or bathing.
- What makes a good Nursing Assistant?
- A good Nursing Assistant must be patient and have a calm demeanor since they work with patients suffering from strokes and other disorders. They must also have excellent communication skills, as they need to provide Nurses and other medical staff with updates on patient treatment and recovery.
- Who does a Nursing Assistant work with?
- A Nursing Assistant will work directly with patients, and they support Nurses and other medical staff to ensure their residents receive the care and attention they need.
