CNA Certified Nursing Assistant Full Time Weekend Nights

Responsibilities

• Performs various direct patient care activities under the supervision of a Registered Nurse.
• Aid physicians and nursing staff members with procedures within the scope of practice.
• Provide general nursing care such as positioning patients; lifting and turning patients; applying/utilizing special equipment; assisting in use of bedpan, urinal or commode; ambulating the patient; pre-operative and post-operative care; and application of appliances, taking blood pressure and TPR, and documents appropriately.
• Aid in preparation of units, patient rooms, supplies, and beds for receiving patient admissions, returning surgical patients, transfers, emergencies, or discharges.
• Aid in obtaining admission height, weight, and vital signs.
• Assist in providing living skills, which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, combing hair, back care, dressing patient, changing bed linen, preparing patients for meals, serving and removing food trays, and assisting with meals or feed patients; documents percentage of diet consumed.
• Accurately document vital signs, intake and output, accurately record patients’ weight.
• Accurately perform quality controls on assigned glucometer each shift.
• Answer patient call lights, anticipate patients' needs, and make rounds to assigned patients.
• Perform general care activities for patients in isolation. Follow isolation protocols. Distribute drinking water and other nourishments to patients as ordered.
• Aid Staff Registered Nurse and/or Licensed Practical Nurse with treatment procedures. Assist in and accompany patients in the admission, transfer and discharge procedures. Assist patients with handling and care of clothing and other personal property (including dentures, glasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, prosthetic devices) throughout their hospital stay.
• Collect and transport specimens to the correct department. Transport patients to and from various departments as requested.
• Accurately report (and when appropriate, record) patient care and assessment dates, and any changes observed in condition or behavior of patients and unusual incidents to the Nurse responsible for the patient’s care.
• Participate in and contribute to Nursing Care Plans. Provide post-mortem care and assists, as needed, in transport.
• Aid in maintaining a safe and clean environment by cleaning Utility Rooms, cleaning equipment and preparing for disinfection or sterilization, reporting equipment that is out of order, reporting other problems to the Nurse in charge, appropriate handling of clean and dirty linen and store supplies on the unit.
• Establish and maintain interpersonal relationships with patients, visitors, and other hospital personnel, while ensuring confidentiality of patient information.
• Attend in-service education programs, as assigned, to learn new treatments, procedures, developmental skills, etc.
• Attend scheduled staff meetings per year.
• Completes all required annual competency skills and mandatory in-services / training classes.
• Practice careful, efficient and non-wasteful use of supplies and linen, and follow established charge procedure for patient charge items.
• Perform other duties as assigned or delegated by the Nurse Manager or Nurse.

Qualifications

• Previous patient care experience, preferably in a hospital or long term care facility.
• Nurse Aid certification preferred.