Nursing Assistant-Staffing Resource Pool
Nemours Children's Health · Wilmington
Nemours is seeking a Nursing Assistant for our Staffing Resource Pool to join our team in Wilmington, DE. This position is CASUAL/PER DIEM.
This position is responsible for: Assisting with general activities of the patient care unit and assist the health care team with performance of patient care activities, under the direction and guidance of a Registered Nurse.
Essential Functions:
- Ensuring a clean and safe patient care unit, assisting patients with activities of daily life (bath, feed, play, etc.
- Collects patient specimens (blood, urine, stool, other per policy), paying close attention to patient safety, comfort and accuracy of information.
- Uses Hospital Information Systems as required for patient care, (e.g. documenting vital signs and patient care activities.)
- Accurately relays information from physicians, nurses, laboratory personnel and others.
- Transports patients and delivers reports, supplies, etc., to other patient units or Institute locations as needed.
Requirements:
- Minimum 1 year patient care experience strongly preferred
- Able to read and write accurately.
- Able to understand laboratory orders, computer information, and some medical terminology.
- Comfortable with obtaining specimens, including blood specimens, from a patient population that is primarily pediatric and often ill, handicapped, or restricted in some way.
- Current AHA Healthcare Provider (HCP) Certification
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Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.
Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.
Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.
Learn more at Nemours.org.
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