Certified Nursing Assistant, Telemetry, Full-time, Day Shift

About the role

Provides personal nursing care to the patient under the direction of a licensed registered nurse (RN). Performs tasks associated with activities of daily living including self-care needs. Performs routine assigned tasks and reports patients’ status and concerns to the RN.

Responsibilities

• Performs tasks associated with activities of daily living, including assisting with nutrition and hydration, elimination, personal care, positioning devices, restraints and restorative care.
• Takes vital signs including pulse and blood pressure.
• Helps patients with their basic needs, i.e., bathing, dressing and feeding.
• Performs a variety of clerical duties, which include but are not limited to routing patient reports as appropriate.
• Uses organizational skills to keep unit running smoothly and uses prioritization skills to meet deadlines as indicated.
• Provides assessment data to certified nurse within the scope of practice (vital signs, patient verbal and nonverbal responses, etc.).
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Education/GED or equivalent: Preferred
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Required
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification: Required
• Organizational Requirements: Adventist Health requires all associates to receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable (medical and religious exemptions may apply).
• Adventist Health participates in E-Verify.

Skills

• Organizational skills
• Prioritization skills