Certified Nursing Assistant med surg 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. 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.
• Retrieves medications from the pneumatic tube system and/or pharmacy and delivers them to the nurse or secures them as directed.
• Maintains a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic 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; participates in unit quality assurance programs.
• Utilizes equipment, supplies, facilities, and resources in a prudent and efficient manner.
• Assists physicians with examinations, treatments, and special tests and procedures as directed by a Registered Nurse.
• Collects and transports patient specimens to the lab in a caring and expedient manner.
• 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.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

Requirements

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