CNA- Certified Nurse Aide (Days)

Shenandoah Medical Center•Shenandoah, IA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves utilizing the nursing process to provide patient care and complete documentation. Responsibilities include administering nursing assessments, contributing to and implementing patient care plans, and responding promptly to patient needs. The Certified Nurse Aide will monitor changes in patient condition, notify the charge nurse, and act as a patient advocate. Tasks include taking vital signs, assisting with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), and performing Glucose Point-of-Care testing. The position requires active participation in the Care Team, effective communication of patient concerns, and adaptability to workload changes while maintaining quality care. The aide will also be responsible for initiating and completing duties, promoting teamwork, and demonstrating initiative and flexibility. Regular patient observation and documentation of findings for the Charge Nurse are essential, along with prompt reporting of any changes or adverse reactions. The role includes helping to set care priorities, managing equipment and supplies, and reporting equipment needing repair. Accurate and ongoing documentation of patient status, interventions, responses, teaching, and discharge outcomes in the care tracker is required, along with completing shift-end checks. Effective communication, including following approved shift report formats and collaborating with health team members, is crucial. Promoting patient and staff safety through proper body mechanics, transfer/lifting techniques, and adherence to infectious disease controls, including isolation procedures and proper use of hand washing and gloves, is a key aspect of the role. Other duties as assigned will also be performed.

Requirements

Utilizes the nursing process, for the performance of care, and completes documentation in accordance with patient type
Administers and performs nursing assessment
Contributes to, monitors and implements patient’s plan of care
Responds to patient needs in a timely fashion
Recognizes changes in patient's condition and notifies charge nurse in a timely manner
Serves as patient advocate
Performs tasks within the scope such as but not limited to vital signs, ADLs, Glucose POC
Participates as an effective member of the Care Team
Responds in a timely and effective manner to patient concerns and provides immediate interventions when possible
Provides written communication of concerns to necessary departments for appropriate follow up
Adapts to changes in workload and completes assignments while maintaining quality care
Initiates and performs duties which need to be completed although not directly assigned
Promotes teamwork through effective interpersonal relationships with all staff
Demonstrates initiative and flexibility in provision of care
Offers assistance to other team members as needed
Observes the patient at regular intervals, and documents on work sheet or verbally, information the Charge Nurse should know
Reports to the Charge Nurse any observations and/or symptoms indicative of patient’s changes and adverse reactions to treatments and/or response of complaints in a prompt manner
Reports care for assigned patients
Helps to set priorities when delivering nursing care
Maintains knowledge of location for needed equipment and supplies
Re-stocks supplies as needed
Reports equipment needing repairs
Cleans and stores equipment when no longer needed
Perform and maintain documentation
Documents accurate and ongoing assessments of patient status that reflect nursing interventions, patient responses, teaching and status of outcomes at discharge in care tracker
Completes shift end check prior to leaving duty
Communicate effectively
Follows approved shift report format when communicating patient information
Identifies and recognizes abnormal symptoms/changes in patient's condition, established priorities and takes appropriate action
Appropriately reports condition changes to Charge Nurse
Communicates and collaborates effectively with other health team members regarding patient condition, satisfaction needs and recommendations for meeting identified outcomes
Promotes and ensures patient and staff safety in all aspects of responsibilities
Utilizes proper body mechanics, transfer/lifting techniques to minimize injury to patient and self
Implements infectious disease controls as appropriate including isolation procedures, proper use of hand washing and gloves

Nice To Haves

Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

Administers and performs nursing assessment in accordance with the applicable patient type, which may include: Acute, Observation, ER, SNF and Outpatient.
Contributes to, monitors and implements patient’s plan of care.
Responds to patient needs in a timely fashion.
Recognizes changes in patient's condition and notifies charge nurse in a timely manner.
Serves as patient advocate.
Performs tasks within the scope such as but not limited to vital signs, ADLs, Glucose POC.
Participates as an effective member of the Care Team.
Responds in a timely and effective manner to patient concerns and provides immediate interventions when possible.
Provides written communication of concerns to necessary departments for appropriate follow up.
Adapts to changes in workload and completes assignments while maintaining quality care.
Initiates and performs duties which need to be completed although not directly assigned.
Promotes teamwork through effective interpersonal relationships with all staff.
Demonstrates initiative and flexibility in provision of care.
Offers assistance to other team members as needed.
Observes the patient at regular intervals, and documents on work sheet or verbally, information the Charge Nurse should know.
Reports to the Charge Nurse any observations and/or symptoms indicative of patient’s changes and adverse reactions to treatments and/or response of complaints in a prompt manner.
Reports care for assigned patients.
Helps to set priorities when delivering nursing care.
Maintains knowledge of location for needed equipment and supplies.
Re-stocks supplies as needed.
Reports equipment needing repairs.
Cleans and stores equipment when no longer needed.
Perform and maintain documentation.
Documents accurate and ongoing assessments of patient status that reflect nursing interventions, patient responses, teaching and status of outcomes at discharge in care tracker.
Completes shift end check prior to leaving duty.
Communicate effectively.
Follows approved shift report format when communicating patient information.
Identifies and recognizes abnormal symptoms/changes in patient's condition, established priorities and takes appropriate action.
Appropriately reports condition changes to Charge Nurse.
Communicates and collaborates effectively with other health team members regarding patient condition, satisfaction needs and recommendations for meeting identified outcomes.
Promotes and ensures patient and staff safety in all aspects of responsibilities.
Utilizes proper body mechanics, transfer/lifting techniques to minimize injury to patient and self.
Implements infectious disease controls as appropriate including isolation procedures, proper use of hand washing and gloves.
Performs other duties as assigned.