Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) - General Surgery FT, Nights

Prisma Health • Greenville, SC

12d • Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Nurse Assistant assists the Registered Nurse in providing patient care based on each patient’s individualized plan of care. As delegated, the CNA performs basic nursing activities, collects data, monitors and documents patient status, and communicates observations and changes to the RN. The role requires maintaining patient confidentiality, using safe patient handling practices, and keeping patient environments neat and clean.

This position is in the General Surgery department at Greenville Memorial Hospital and works the night shift. It is a non-management role. The CNA supports patients with daily activities and mobility, performs delegated care and data collection, responds to calls and requests, conducts point-of-care testing as trained and delegated, and provides comfort measures.

Requirements

• Completion of a nursing assistant or patient care technician program.
• CNA – Certified Nursing Assistant certification.
• Basic computer and data-entry skills.
• Mathematical skills.
• Working knowledge of patient equipment, including suction, vital-sign equipment, and defibrillators.
• No experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with activities of daily living; turn and reposition patients, transport them, and assist with walking as needed.
• Assist with fall-prevention interventions and patient restraints as delegated.
• Provide care delegated by the RN, including non-sterile soaks, simple non-sterile dressings, and perineal care.
• Collect vital signs, fluid intake and output, and basic and sterile specimens; document data in the medical record and report activities, observations, and changes in patient status to the RN.
• Run errands, answer the telephone, and respond to call lights.
• Perform point-of-care testing as trained and delegated by the RN, and report lab values to the RN.
• Provide and document comfort measures and non-pharmacological pain management.
• Maintain confidentiality of patient information, use safe patient handling practices, and maintain a neat and clean patient environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed