Certified Patient Care Assistant Renal Diabetic

About the role

Banner Health is seeking an Adult Acute Care Certified Patient Care Assistant to join their team at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona. The position provides routine patient care to promote patient comfort and contributes to the overall patient plan of care.

Responsibilities

• Assists patients with basic hygiene needs, maintaining an optimum level of mobility, and providing assistance with nutritional intake as needed.
• Collects patient specimens and data, including vital signs, input/output, and other delegated measurements in accordance with unit/facility policy and standards of care.
• Documents objective data and routine aspects of patient care.
• Affords assistance in 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.
• 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.
• 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 resolution of customer problems or collects necessary data and follows through to appropriate person for problem resolution.
• Works under supervision and has responsibility for assigned unit only.
• Works in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful environment with a strong focus on customer service.
• Interacts with staff at all levels throughout the facility, as well as patients, families, and physicians.

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.
• In Arizona, the Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA) licensure is preferred.
• Recent healthcare experience preferred.
• Successful completion of an approved unit secretary program is preferred.

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.
• Effective human relations and communication skills.
• Organizational skills.
• Medical terminology.
• Computer literacy and keyboarding skills.

Benefits

• Varied work shifts available.
• Flat rate $1/hour weekend shift differential.
• 18%-night shift differential when applicable.
• Comprehensive benefits package.

Pay

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

• Varied work shifts available.