HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT (CNA), Resource Nursing (Float Pool) - Part Time

As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research, and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. We seek staff committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality, and trust that are integral to our mission.

The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center nationally ranked for academic research, quality standards, and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in comprehensive services, medical advancement, and patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Assists the patient with feeding, drinking, ambulating, grooming, toileting, dressing, socializing, and unit-specific technical skills.
• Reinforces or assists in educating and teaching patients/significant other(s) as delegated by the professional care provider.
• Collects, reports, and documents data related to direct patient care activities.
• Assists with indirect patient care activities such as providing a clean, efficient, and safe patient care environment, companion care, housekeeping, transporting patients, and chaperoning physicians during examinations and procedures.
• Performs unit-specific duties and additional clerical duties as needed, including stocking and maintaining clerical and patient supplies.
• Provides communication to hospital staff, physicians, patients, families, and visitors.
• Processes paper orders during downtime, including entering "downtime occurrence order" and associated start and stop times in patient records.
• May process electronic requests to order medical treatments and tests, retrieve patient test and lab results, schedule appointments, and maintain patient records and activity boards.
• May manage admits, discharges, and transfer functions per unit standard.
• May observe the cardiac monitor and notify nursing and medical staff of abnormal heart rhythm variances indicating ischemia or acute myocardial infarction.

This position requires working rotating schedules, including variable hours, weekends, nights, and holidays, to meet the staffing and patient care demands of a 24/7 complex health system. Regular, reliable, and punctual attendance during assigned shifts is essential.

Requirements

• Demonstrated availability to work variable and rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays, in a 24/7 patient care environment.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined above.
• Demonstrated human relation and effective communication skills.
• Demonstrated customer service skills and ability to work in a busy environment.
• Demonstrated ability to use a multi-line phone system and hospital paging system.
• Ability to initiate appropriate action in emergency/crisis situations.

Qualifications

• For those enrolled in a nursing program: incumbent has three months from completion of RN program to obtain an RN license. If an RN license is not obtained, the incumbent must immediately obtain a current CNA certification.
• Individuals in this job code with an RN license must also have a CNA certification if they remain in it longer than three months.
• Current RQI Healthcare Provider eCredential through the University of Utah Health RQI system (to be obtained within 30 days of hire).
• One of the following:
  • Current certification as a Nursing Assistant with the State of Utah.
  • Completion of first round of clinical and current enrollment in an approved nursing education program.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

This position involves intermediate working conditions in a healthcare setting that may exert up to 100 pounds and consistently requires lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or moving patients or objects, such as medical equipment. Workers may be exposed to infectious diseases and may function around prisoners or behavioral health patients.

• Physical Requirements:
• Carrying, climbing, color determination, crawling, far vision, lifting, listening, manual dexterity, near vision, pulling/pushing, reaching, sitting, speaking, standing, stooping/crouching, tasting/smelling, walking.