$34.64-$42.09 Hourly / $6,004.00-$7,295.00 Monthly / $72,046.00-$87,542.00 Yearly
“The class specification shall be descriptive of the class and shall not be considered as a restriction on the assignment of duties not specifically listed.” (CSC Rule 7)
1. Assists with direct patient care by maintaining patients’ personal hygiene and comfort, such as bathing, dressing, shaving and may occasionally trim hair; providing treatments such as cleaning patients and carrying out range of motion and ambulating patients; may assist in carrying out rehabilitation program on the unit; may change and/or apply non-sterile dressings.
2. Answers signal lights and call bells; observes patients and reports any unusual condition or behavior to appropriate supervisory personnel.
3. Performs other duties related to patient care such as preparing patients for various treatments; taking and recording patient’s vital signs, such as temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiration rates; and transporting patients between hospital departments and wards. May apply, maintain or remove braces, artificial limbs and other prosthetic devices.
4. Maintains a clean patient environment, which may include patient clothing and equipment, such as beds, bedside tables, lights, bedpans, urinals, tubs and basins.
5. Instructs and counsels patients relative to physical self-care and emotional needs and by explaining test and specimen collection.
6. Attends deceased patients by bathing bodies, covering with shrouds, attaching identification tags and assisting with removal from hospital bed to morgue.
7. Records in chart patient care activities provided. May prepare other simple records.
8. When assigned to the San Francisco Unified School District, assists in providing personal care to wheelchair bound, disabled and incontinent students such as assisting with transporting, toileting, feeding and changing soiled clothing; may assist physical therapist in administering to physically handicapped children; assists in applying or removing prosthetic devices.
Knowledge of basic methods and procedures of nursing aide work as applied to patient care.
Ability to: Relate effectively with staff, patients and visitors; communicate effectively both verbally and in writing; physically move and transfer patients; work in situations with patients having various emotional and psychological conditions; cope with and adjust to changes in other than routine situations; prevent losses in the use of various materials, supplies and equipment.