CNA

Position Summary

Functions as a direct patient caregiver performing tasks to assist registered nurses. Performs hands-on care, assistance with ADL's and specified technical tasks for a group of patients under the supervision of the Team Leader. May also function as a sitter for patients in need of full-time supervision in the hospital.

Responsibilities

• Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration rates, blood pressures, weights, heights, and intake-output measurements.
• Encourages patients to turn, cough, and take deep breaths and to use incentive spirometry as specified by Plan of Care.
• Ambulates, and assists patients in and out of bed, into wheelchairs and transports when necessary.
• Attends to nutritional needs of patient which may include distributing meal trays, feeding, filling and passing out water pitchers.
• Makes morning or evening care, which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, combing hair, back care, dressing patient, changing bed linen, cleaning over-bed table and bedside stand, straightening room, and other supportive care as needed.
• Empty drains, canisters, urine bags, bedpans and emesis basins and records intake and output.
• Assists in maintaining a safe environment, which may include reporting equipment that is out of order, appropriate handling of linen and storing of supplies.
• Provides general care such as positioning, lifting or turning patients; assisting in use of bedpan, urinal or commode; preoperative supportive care; and application/removal of abdominal binders or anti-embolism stockings and sequential compression devices.
• Empty & cleans ostomy bag, per procedure.
• Collects urine, stool and sputum specimens as ordered.
• Performs tasks such as ROM, assists with ambulatory devices as specified by the patients' plan of care.
• Performs phlebotomy (requires additional training).
• To include correct labeling using two patient identifiers, maintenance of lab-draw supplies, rotating and restocking.
• Performs EKG (requires special training).
• Promptly answers patient call lights and responds to patient requests.
• Reports significant changes in patients' condition to RN.
• Helps to maintain clean and orderly patient and work environment.
• Employ all established infection control policies including standard precautions, transmission-based isolation precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures and proper body mechanics in performance of job.
• Documents/maintains patient record as appropriate.
• Gathers equipment for O2 set up. Checks O2 for connection and proper placement. Checks for proper functioning of equipment at patient bedside.
• Ambulates patients with oxygen.
• Sets up suction equipment and checks for proper function.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
• Minimum Experience: Hospital experience preferred. Medical terminology a plus.
• Must be able to operate computer and possess excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to read with comprehension, write legibly, and perform basic arithmetic computation.
• Must have understanding and knowledge of patient care which may be appropriately delegated to nursing assistants.
• Licensure Requirement: CNA Licensure from the State of Tennessee is required upon hire. Out of State hires must have the Tennessee CNA License “in process” as reflected on the state web site upon hire.
• CPR required.