Certified Nursing Assistant

Responsibilities

• Affords assistance in preparing unit and patient room and bed to ensure adequate accommodation during hospital stay.
• Affords support and accompaniment during admission, transfer, and discharge procedures, demonstrating compassion and understanding.
• Takes and records patient temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height, blood pressure, and intake-output measurements as directed, in a caring and efficient manner, and documents information in CIS.
• Reports any unusual incidents or observed changes in patient condition or behavior to appropriate personnel.
• Affords assistance with daily living activities such as bed bath, oral hygiene, shaving, dressing, back rubs, and linen freshening, and provides general care such as positioning patients, pre- and post-operative care, and assisting with bed pan use, in a compassionate and understanding manner.
• Prepares patients for meals, serves food, and feeds patients when needed, in a manner that demonstrates compassion and respect for patient needs.
• Transports patients to and from designated areas of the hospital in a caring, considerate, expedient, and professional manner, ensuring patients have identification bracelets before transportation and maintaining compassion and respect in all contacts.
• Retrieves medications from the pneumatic tube system and/or pharmacy and delivers them to the nurse or places them in a secure location as determined by the nurse manager.
• Maintains an attractive, comfortable, and safe environment for patients by cleaning rooms and equipment, preparing for sterilization and disinfection, promptly reporting damaged equipment and other problems to appropriate personnel, and efficiently and properly handling linen and supplies.
• Participates in unit quality assurance programs to enhance the quality and efficiency of unit services and provides input for end of shift reports and CIS documentation.
• Utilizes all equipment, supplies, facilities, and resources in a prudent and efficient manner to ensure efficient departmental operations and the provision of high-quality health care services.
• Promotes the quality and efficiency of his/her own performance through participation in staff educational programs, approved continuing education courses, and specialized skill training programs.
• Affords assistance to physicians with examinations, treatments, and special tests and procedures as directed by a Registered Nurse.
• Captures patient specimens in a caring manner and transports them to the lab when necessary.
• Affords assistance with patient rehabilitation under the supervision of a Registered Nurse and in accordance with the patient's care plan, in an efficient and professional manner.
• Runs inter-departmental errands for nursing personnel in an expedient and professional manner.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required.
• High School Diploma or GED.
• No formal training required.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.