Certified Patient Care Assistant CNA LNA Neuro

About the role

Banner University Medical Center Tucson Main is seeking a Certified Patient Care Assistant to join their team. The position is based on the Med Surg/Neuro team and offers growth opportunities in EKG, phlebotomy skills, and routine care.

Responsibilities

• Assists in activities of daily living and completes necessary tasks to promote patient health.
• Absolutelys collects patient specimens and data, including vital signs, input/output, and other delegated measurements.
• Documents objective data and routine aspects of patient care.
• Assists in the transportation of patient specimens.
• 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.
• 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.
• Ensures that all are accounted for and in working order.
• Participates in the resolution of customer problems or collects necessary data and follows through to appropriate person for problem resolution.
• May assist with transporting patients, including pre-operative and immediate post-operative patients to critical care unit.
• Participates in OR room turnover.

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
• Current BLS certification is required.
• Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in state of practice is required for new hires and transfers.
• 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 is required.
• Successful completion of either a unit approved basic electrocardiogram interpretation course or electroencephalographic interpretation course, or on the job training is also required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
• Current BLS certification is required.
• Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in state of practice is required for new hires and transfers.
• 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 is required.
• Successful completion of either a unit approved basic electrocardiogram interpretation course or electroencephalographic interpretation course, or on the job training is also required.

Skills

• Basic electrocardiogram interpretation.
• Electroencephalographic interpretation.

Benefits

Employees working at Banner Health enjoy a flat rate $1/hour weekend shift differential and an 18%-Night Shift differential when applicable. There are no set schedules. Weekend Rotations are required in this role. Rotating Holidays Required - 1 major and 1 minor.

Pay

The pay for this position is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

This position works under supervision and has responsibility for assigned unit only. It is a full-time DAY Shift available (3 -12 hour shifts) Day Shift from 6:00am-6:30pm and Night Shift from 18:00 - 6:30am. There are no set schedules. Weekend Rotations are required in this role. Rotating Holidays Required - 1 major and 1 minor.