**Job Description**

The Nursing Attendant is an individual who functions in a support role to the Registered Professional Nurse by providing direct patient care and related activities as assigned.

**Qualifications**

+ High School Diploma or equivalent.
+ Completed training as a medical assistant or nursing assistant or equivalent training or experience.
+ Prefer relevant experience in an inpatient health care setting.
+ American Heart Association Heartsaver Certification required; BCLS is accepted.

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSSL

**Responsibilities**

1. Assists the nursing staff in performing selected nursing procedures, treatments, and functional tasks to specific patients including vital signs: Temperature, Pulse, Respirations, Blood Pressure and Pain Rating.
2. Performs procedures associated with activities of daily living, ambulation, mobility, and personal hygiene of the patient.
3. Observes, reports, ...