Certified Nursing Assistant PRN (As Needed) -Med Surg Oncology

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 as directed; 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 compassionate and 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 secures them as determined by the nurse manager.
• Expediently answers patient call lights and assists with personal hygiene and activities of daily living (e.g., dressing, ambulation) in a caring and understanding manner.
• 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.
• Participates in staff educational programs, continuing education courses, and specialized skill training 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 (CNA) licensure

Special Skills: Communication and Customer Service Skills

About Us

FMOL Health is a leading healthcare innovator in Louisiana and Mississippi, bringing together outstanding clinicians, advanced technology, and leading research to provide the highest quality and safest care possible. This commitment is grounded in a history of over 100 years and reflected today by a strategic vision of transforming healthcare through superior performance and excellent patient care.

In the last fiscal year, FMOL Health had:

• 1,747 licensed beds
• 65,322 discharges
• 44,592 OR procedures
• 10,827 full-time employees
• 331,360 inpatient days
• 1,915 active medical staff
• 229,296 emergency visits

As a nonprofit, mission-focused Catholic healthcare ministry, we provide special attention to citizens most in need. During the most recent fiscal year, we provided over $39 million in unreimbursed care and community support to the underprivileged.

Our health system is one of the largest in Louisiana, with hospitals, clinics, and physicians located throughout Louisiana and in Mississippi. We provide care to almost half of Louisiana’s citizens and serve Mississippi's largest metropolitan area. Our size and partnerships allow us to pool resources, share efficiencies, and accelerate improvements in care.

Since our founding in Monroe, Louisiana, in 1911, we have been guided by the Franciscan Sisters, committing to perpetuate their healing ministry. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, we serve patients across Louisiana and Mississippi through a network of hospitals, clinics, physicians, elderly housing, and an integrated information system.

Our team members and physicians are called to provide high-quality care and compassion to all people, especially those most in need, following the footsteps of our founders, the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady.