Care Partner III (CNA License Required), ICU, Part-Time Nights

Community Hospital•Grand Junction, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Care Partner III (CNA License Required) position in the ICU is a Part-Time Nights role. This position involves responding to patient needs, providing direct patient care including hygiene, grooming, comfort, and assistance with nourishment. Responsibilities include ensuring meals meet dietary restrictions, feeding patients, and documenting intake. The role also involves transporting patients, repositioning them to prevent skin breakdown, and performing basic patient data gathering such as vital signs and blood glucose monitoring. Specific duties may include teletechnician tasks like monitoring patient rhythms and transcribing orders, or ward secretary duties such as preparing charts, obtaining medical records, and scheduling procedures.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent (Required).
Current Colorado Certified Nursing Assistant
Telemetry experience required
Current BLS

Nice To Haves

1 year of Certified Nursing Assistant experience, secretary training OR equivalent combination of education and experience (Preferred).

Responsibilities

Responding to signal lights, bells, intercom system, and bed/tab alarms to determine the patients’ needs.
Giving care and assistance to patients in respect to their personal hygiene, grooming activity, comfort, rest, nourishment and other health needs.
Ensuring meals are ordered within dietary restrictions and collects food trays, feeds patients requiring help, and documents all nutritional and supplemental intake per unit protocols.
Transporting patients or assisting patients to ambulate per physician orders.
Turning and repositioning patients every two hours as indicated, alone or with assistance, to prevent skin breakdown and pressure ulcers.
Completes basic patient data gathering by: a. Takes, records, and reports to RN temperature, blood pressure, pulse (O2 saturation) and respiration rates, height and weight, food and fluid intake/output as directed. Reports abnormal findings immediately to the primary nurse.
Obtains point-of-care blood glucose and reports results to RN. Reports abnormal findings immediately to responsible nurse.
Monitor and document patient rhythms.
Transcribe/enter orders.
Notify patient care areas if there is a change in a patient’s rhythm.
Completes secretarial duties under the direction of professional nursing staff a. Prepares charts for admissions, discharges, and transfers as needed.
Obtains medical records as requested.
Schedules procedures under order of provider.
Assures valuables sheet is complete on each admission.
Maintains chart forms availability and breaks down charts after patients have been discharged.