Certified Nurse Assistant - Ortho

About the role

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Certified Nurse Assistant for our Ortho Unit located within the Florence Hospital. At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct and indirect patient care activities under the direction of an RN or LPN.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living, provides for personal care, comfort and assists in the maintenance of a safe and clean environment for an assigned group of patients.
• Provides general patient care such as bathing, mouth care and peri-care, dressing of patients, and changing/making beds.
• Positions patients, lifts and turns, applies/utilizes special equipment, assists with bowel and bladder functions and ambulates patients.
• Prepares and assists patients with meals, feeds patients, removes dietary trays and records accurate intake and output.
• Documents amount and percent of meals and fluids consumed according to Intake and Output and Calorie Count procedures.
• Demonstrates ability to follow directions, both oral and written and work cooperatively with other staff members.
• Acquires knowledge of and develops skills in basic patient care procedures and charting care provided.
• Demonstrates knowledge of regulatory requirements.
• Attends and seeks out education programs, as assigned, to maintain and learn new treatments, procedures, clinical skills, and complete