Health Care Assistant (CNA), Acute Med Pulmonary

Responsibilities

• Affords assistance to patients with feeding, drinking, ambulation, grooming, toileting, dressing, socialization, and unit-specific technical skills.
• Supports patient education and teaching as directed by professional care providers.
• Collects, reports, and documents data related to direct patient care activities.
• Performs indirect patient care activities such as maintaining a clean and safe environment, performing companion care, managing housekeeping tasks, transporting patients, and accompanying physicians during examinations and procedures.
• Executes unit-specific duties and additional clerical responsibilities, which may include stocking and maintaining supplies, communicating with hospital staff, processing paper and electronic orders, scheduling appointments, managing admits, discharges, and transfers, observing the cardiac monitor, and notifying staff of any abnormal heart rhythms.
• Works rotating schedules, including nights, weekends, and holidays, to meet the staffing and patient care demands of a 24/7 complex health system.

Requirements

• Available to work variable and rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays, in a 24/7 patient care environment.
• Ability to perform essential functions as outlined above.
• Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills.
• Customer service skills.
• Availability to work in a busy environment.
• Knowledge of using a multi-line phone system and hospital paging system.
• Ability to respond appropriately to emergencies and crisis situations.

Qualifications

• For individuals enrolled in a nursing program, must obtain an RN license within three months of completion of the program, or obtain a CNA certification if the job code is held for more than three months.
• Licenses Required: Current RQI Healthcare Provider eCredential through the University of Utah Health RQI system, and one of the following - Current certification as a Nursing Assistant with the State of Utah or completion of first round of clinical and current enrollment in an approved nursing education program.
• Additional license requirements as determined by the hiring department.