ICU - CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANT

IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LLC • Idaho Falls, ID

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Idaho Falls Community Hospital is hiring a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) for its ICU. The role assists patients with activities of daily living, provides basic nursing care, and helps maintain a safe and clean environment under the direction and supervision of nursing staff and the registered nurse in charge. The CNA communicates with patients, visitors, and interdisciplinary team members and supports patient needs within the nursing assistant’s scope of practice.

The posting also describes telemetry technician (monitor technician) duties: continuously monitoring telemetry patients, communicating abnormalities to supervising staff and bedside RNs, answering unit calls professionally, managing calls into the locked unit, and notifying the charge nurse of visitor concerns. The monitor technician must remain focused on the monitors, arrange qualified coverage before leaving the monitoring station, and assist with emergent order entry and other unit secretary duties as directed by the charge nurse.

The hospital describes its environment as collaborative, purpose driven, and people centric. It provides emergency care around the clock and has an Emergency Department, stroke and diagnostic cardiac center, and trauma center.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Successful completion of a certified nursing assistant program.
• Current, unencumbered CNA certification.
• Current BLS.
• Complete a basic dysrhythmia course or certified telemetry course within six weeks of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic nursing care, including addressing patients’ psychosocial and communication needs within the nursing assistant’s scope of practice and under the direction of the bedside RN.
• Help ensure patients’ needs are met at mealtimes and that meals are delivered promptly where applicable.
• Document appropriate meal intake.
• Help gather patient intake and output information and communicate it to the bedside RN.
• Support patients’ daily hygiene needs, including bathing, brushing teeth, and changing bed linen, under the bedside RN’s direction.
• Perform basic patient care with consideration for age-specific standards of care.
• Notify licensed personnel when patients report pain or when vital signs or intake and output are outside acceptable ranges.
• Obtain and document patient vital signs in the chart as requested by the bedside RN.
• Communicate observed changes in patient status and responses to the RN, while remaining aware of the needs of pediatric, geriatric, and general patient populations.
• Handle patients safely and use proper body mechanics and techniques, including a gait belt when transferring patients at risk of falling.
• Continuously monitor telemetry patients and communicate abnormalities to appropriate supervising staff and the bedside RN.
• Answer unit phone calls professionally, manage calls into the locked unit, and notify the charge nurse of visitor concerns.
• Maintain attention to telemetry monitors and arrange for a qualified staff member to cover the monitoring station before leaving it.
• Assist with emergent order entry and other unit secretary responsibilities as directed by the charge nurse.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick days, plus medical paid time off.
• Retirement plans, including a 401(k) with up to a 6% match.
• Earned quarterly bonus program.
• Education reimbursement program.
• Discounts for medically necessary procedures performed at Idaho Falls Community Hospital and Mountain View Hospital.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED