Certified Nursing Assistant - Med Surg 1 (Nights)

About the Role

The Certified Nursing Assistant performs various patient care activities and related nonprofessional services necessary in caring for the personal needs and comfort of patients. This role assists with patient cleaning, feeding, and preparation for treatment, takes and records vital signs, changes bed linen, prepares treatment trays and other supplies, and assists nursing service personnel with a variety of other patient care duties.

Responsibilities

• Assists in preparing unit and patient room and bed to ensure patients are adequately and properly accommodated during their hospital stay.
• Assists and accompanies patients during admission, transfer, and discharge procedures in a compassionate and understanding manner.
• Takes and records patient temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height, blood pressure, and intake-output measurements; documents information in CIS.
• Expediently reports any unusual incidents or observed changes in patient condition or behavior to appropriate personnel.
• Assists patients with daily living activities (e.g., bed bath, oral hygiene, shaving, dressing, back rubs, linen freshening) and provides general care (e.g., positioning patients, pre- and post-operative care, assisting with bed pan use).
• Prepares patients for meals, serves food, and feeds patients when needed in a respectful manner.
• Transports patients to and from designated areas of the hospital in a caring, considerate, expedient, and professional manner; ensures patients have identification bracelets before transportation.
• 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.
• Answers patient call lights, assists with personal hygiene and other activities of daily living (e.g., dressing, ambulation) in a caring and understanding manner.
• Maintains a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic healthcare environment by cleaning rooms and equipment, preparing for sterilization and disinfection, and promptly reporting damaged equipment.
• Provides input for end-of-shift reports and CIS documentation and participates in unit quality assurance programs.
• Utilizes all equipment, supplies, facilities, and resources in a prudent and efficient manner.
• Participates in staff educational programs, continuing education courses, and specialized skill training programs to enhance performance.
• Assists physicians with examinations, treatments, and special tests and procedures as directed by a Registered Nurse.
• Collects patient specimens in a caring manner and expediently transports specimens to the lab when necessary.
• Assists with patient rehabilitation under the supervision of a Registered Nurse and in accordance with the patient's care plan.
• Runs inter-departmental errands (e.g., transporting lab specimens, picking up patient medications from pharmacy) for nursing personnel in an expedient and professional manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Certified Nursing Assistant certification (required).
• Strong communication and customer service skills.