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Job Description:
The Certified Nurse Assistant functions as a clinical support partner to assist the patient care team by performing various tasks and procedures as instructed by a licensed professional.Our observation unit is a 15 bed unit with a wide variety of patients and diagnoses. We care for patients presenting to the emergency dept who may not meet inpatient criteria, but providers do not feel comfortable discharging them home. These patients present to our unit for further workup, diagnostic testing, and nursing care with the hopes of discharging with outpatient follow up or transitioning to an inpatient unit within 18-48 hours. It is a great unit for learning and obtaining and perfecting skills. Our team is eager, excited, welcoming and we have excellent teamwork. Within a year of employment staff are supported in becoming ACLS and NIH certified and we also offer opportunities to grow in other capacities such as becoming preceptors, team leaders, mentors, etc as well as many committee opportunities. We would love to welcome you as part of our team!!
Shift Details:
Full time/36 hours a week
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Scope:
Responds to patient care needs by answering call lights, assisting patients with hygiene care, obtaining vital signs, and communicating constructively, effectively and timely with members of the care team.
Performs 12-lead EKG duties commensurate with the level of training received and competency.
Apply, check and document restraints as directed by the RN or physician.
Performs wound care, stoma care, and specimen collection.
Performs equipment and tube care/management e. g. JPs, chemovacs and nasogastric tubes, and Foley removal.
Assists with patient transfers, admissions and discharges as directed and in compliance with the principles of safe patient handling.
Orders and maintains office and patient care floor stock/supplies.
Performs the duties of unit secretary. Maintains patient charts, responds to phone calls, maintains daily assignment board, provides equipment care/cleaning, performs errands associated with patient care and provides accurate information about the patient with interdisciplinary team.
Assist physicians and RNs as directed
Minimum QualificationsRequired
Successful completion of an accredited nursing assistant training program
Certification as a Nursing Assistant (C N A ) in the state of practice Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS-HCP)certification upon hire or obtained within 60 days of hire with prior approval
Preferred
1+ years of previous experience in a health care setting
Physical Requirements:
Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.- and -Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.- and -Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.- and -Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.- and -Need to walk anCompensation Information:
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