Certified Nursing Assistant - Night Shift

Pay Range

$25.00 - $28.45

About the role

To provide basic nursing care in Acute Care/Long Term Care to non-acute and/or acutely ill patients/residents while maintaining a safe and clean environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintains accountability for all actions taken.
• Accept delegation from supervising LN.
• Provides bed side care, which may include: positioning patients/residents, lifting and turning patients/residents, assisting in use of bedpan, urinal or commode; answers call lights; makes rounds to assigned patients/residents; ambulates patients/residents, transporting to and from various departments as required; assist patients/residents with meals or feeds patients/residents; aids in handling and the care of patients'/residents’ belongings (including dentures, glasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, prosthetic devices, etc.) throughout their stay; changing bed linen; cleaning over bed table and bedside stand, straightening room and other general care as needed.
• Performs other tasks and duties as specific to unit specialty.
• Performs supply duties on a daily basis-- distributing and ordering supplies to maintain adequate stock levels in assigned units.
• Floats as needed to other departments in the hospital under nurse manager, charge nurse, or staff LN’s discretion.
• Dispose of all solid waste and infectious waste according to organizational policies and procedures.
• Replenishes supplies in patient/resident rooms and bathrooms as needed.
• Participates in in-services and educational programs in the department, hospital, and/or community as assigned.
• Completes all mandatory training; completes annual competencies, evaluation material, maintains certifications and licensure.
• Attends and participates in at least 75% of staff meetings.

Requirements

• Basic Life Support
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Certified Nursing Assistant certificate from an accredited program
• Current full, unrestricted CNA license in the state of Alaska
• BLS must be obtained within 3 months of hire and prior to completion of clinical orientation; biannually thereafter
• Takes and passes courses as specific to unit needs (i.e. POC/waived testing, etc.)

Qualifications

• 1 year prior experience as a CNA preferred

Skills

• Oral and written communication skills
• Can transcribe and retrieve nursing data accurately
• Can verbally communicate findings with healthcare team
• Maintains a clean work environment with proper infection control measure including equipment cleaning
• Provides general nursing care with minimal direction under the supervision of a LN
• Works cooperatively with others by establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships with patients, visitors, and other healthcare team members
• Absorbs and applies new information quickly
• Uses aggressive patient/resident management techniques to defuse any patient/visitor/peer volatile situations

Benefits

SEARHC offers generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health insurance, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term disability, and more.

Pay

$25.00 - $28.45

Schedule

Exempt

Benefits

SEARHC offers generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health insurance, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term disability, and more.