Undergraduate Assistant in Nursing
Core
Supports and assists the provision of safe, consumer centred and effective care for consumers in various care settings as part of a multidisciplinary nursing team.
Role type
undergraduate nursing student assistant
Builds
patient care services in aged care, hospital, and community settings
Domain
Healthcare / Nursing
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
infection control, privacy and dignity maintenance, personal hygiene assistance, pressure area risk assessment, safe manual handling, vital signs monitoring, specimen collection, wound care, IV cannula removal, mobility assistance, accurate documentation
Preferred skills
computer skills
Responsibilities
Participate actively as a member of the nursing team; ensure infection control practices are followed; maintain privacy and dignity of consumers; monitor and safely maintain the environment; respond to emotional, spiritual and cultural needs; provide personal hygiene including mouth care, hair care, sponging or showering as well as bed making; conduct pressure area risk assessment and care/ positioning and safe manual handling practices; record and report observations attended, TPR, BP, oxygen saturations, pain scores, urinalysis, BGL, weight, height and girth measurements; assist with consumer mobility, prescribed exercises and deep breathing and coughing exercises; provide bed pans or urinals and the collection of specimens; attend simple wound care and the collection of wound swabs; attend plaster checks; remove IV cannulas; escort consumers if necessary; attend nursing assessments such as Falls Risk; apply Anti-embolic stockings; attend accurate and timely documentation of care provided