Certified Patient Care Assistant CNA LNA Cardiac

About the role

Banner Heart Hospital is seeking a Certified Patient Care Assistant to join their Cardiac Progressive Care unit. The CPCU is a 60-bed inpatient unit focusing on cardiovascular patients.

Responsibilities

• Assists patients with basic hygiene needs
• Maintains an optimum level of mobility
• Provides assistance with nutritional intake as needed
• Collects patient specimens and data, including vital signs, input/output, and other delegated measurements
• Documents objective data and routine aspects of patient care
• Recognizes and reports abnormalities and/or changes in the patient’s health status and responses to treatment to a licensed professional
• Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for which care is provided
• Performs procedures and uses equipment as delegated by a licensed professional, consistent with demonstrated competencies and according to state scope of practice
• Participates in the resolution of customer problems or collects necessary data and follows through to appropriate person for problem resolution
• Maintains a complete patient record with admission, transfer, and discharge information, progress notes, and consent forms
• Ensures that all reports and chart forms are scanned or filed into the patient’s record
• Ensures that charting forms are labeled and accessible if they are needed
• Maintains adequate supplies of frequently used, patient education materials
• Assists in the ordering of patient specimens
• May transcribe and process physician orders effectively using the electronic medical record
• Maintains adequate levels of office, dietary, and medical supplies and completes requisition forms when supplies need to be ordered
• Reconciles supply order upon delivery
• Maintains adequate levels of office, dietary, and medical supplies and completes requisition forms when supplies need to be ordered
• Reconciles supply order upon delivery
• Monitors and tracks the use and whereabouts of electronic equipment such as patient ID scanners and lap top computers
• Ensures that all are accounted for and in working order
• Participates in the OR room turnover
• Works under supervision and has responsibility for assigned unit only

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge
• Current BLS certification
• Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in state of practice
• Requires skills and abilities typically attained with 1 year of medical clerical experience; preferably in a hospital or physician office setting, or prior experience in customer service
• Excellent organizational skills, as well as effective human relations and communication skills
• Working knowledge of medical terminology and computer literacy and keyboarding skills
• Successful completion of either a unit approved basic electrocardiogram interpretation course or electroencephalographic interpretation course, or on the job training

Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge
• Current BLS certification
• Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in state of practice

Skills

• Basic electrocardiogram interpretation
• Electroencephalographic interpretation

Benefits

• Night shift differential of 18%

Pay

$3,000 sign on bonus for licensed CNA or LNA!

Schedule

NIGHT shift working from 6:00pm - 6:30am for three shifts per week. Rotating weekends and holidays schedule. Utilizes self-scheduling tool with flat rate $1/hour weekend shift differential.