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Per Diem Hospital Assistant

UCI Series Concepts

Class Specifications - H.10
Per Diem Hospital Assistant - 8906

November, 1980

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CLASS CONCEPT

Per Diem Hospital Assistants assist professional nursing and technical 
personnel in the care and treatment of patients in a hospital and/or 
clinic setting, operate and maintain special equipment and devices, and 
perform other related duties as required.

Incumbents working under the supervision of professional nursing and 
technical personnel feed and bathe patients, monitor vital signs, report 
and record patients' intake and output, position and ambulate patients, 
and note patients' response to care; make simple dressing changes; and 
observe and manage catheters, drainage equipment and suction devices.  
Incumbents also implement the more routine functions which are 
prescribed in the medical and nursing care plans for which licensure is 
not required.

The Per Diem Hospital Assistant class is used for positions needed on a 
temporary basis only.  The major emphasis of positions assigned to the 
class focuses on daily care activities which contribute to the comfort 
and well-being of patients.  Incumbents may be transferred from unit to 
unit on an as needed basis.  Assignments to a particular unit are usually 
given with relatively short notice when staffing levels and/or patients 
census fluctuate drastically.

                     MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Incumbents for positions included in the Per Diem Hospital Assistant 
class are expected to meet the requirements for completion of a formal 
nursing assistant training program; and possess the skills, knowledges 
and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties 
assigned to the position.

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