Certified Nurse Assistant

Intermountain Health • Butte-Silver Bow, MT

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Nurse Assistant functions as a clinical support partner to assist the patient care team by performing various tasks and procedures as instructed by a licensed professional. This position is a Teamsters position so union dues/ membership is mandatory. The primary floor will be 3rd, but they will float to 5M as necessary, and occasionally to the ED as a sitter.

Requirements

• Successful completion of an accredited nursing assistant training program
• Certification as a Nursing Assistant (C N A ) Montana
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS-HCP)certification upon hire or obtained within 60 days of hire with prior approval
• Apply technical skills and experience gathering patient data and performing patient care tasks such as weight, height, vitals, intake/output measures, EKGs, and specimen collection.
• Be willing to provide personal hygiene, dressing, nutrition, activity, elimination and other treatments.
• Be willing to accept supervision and work well with others.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Regular attendance to perform work on site during regularly scheduled business hours or scheduled shifts is required.
• Ability to work nights and/or weekends is required for identified positions.
• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Nice To Haves

• 1+ years of previous experience in a health care setting

Responsibilities

• Responds to patient care needs by answering call lights, assisting patients with hygiene care, obtaining vital signs, and communicating constructively, effectively and timely with members of the care team.
• Performs 12-lead EKG duties commensurate with the level of training received and competency.
• Apply, check and document restraints as directed by the RN or physician.
• Performs wound care, stoma care, and specimen collection.
• Performs equipment and tube care/management e.g. JPs, hemovacs and nasogastric tubes, and Foley removal.
• Assists with patient transfers, admissions and discharges as directed and in compliance with the principles of safe patient handling.
• Orders and maintains office and patient care floor stock/supplies.
• Performs the duties of unit secretary. Maintains patient charts, responds to phone calls, maintains daily assignment board, provides equipment care/cleaning, performs errands associated with patient care and provides accurate information about the patient with interdisciplinary team.
• Assist physicians and RNs as directed.
• Promotes the mission, vision, and values of SCL Health and abides by Service Behavior Standards.
• Demonstrates and adheres to the standards of infection prevention.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• May be required to float to other departments (within scope of competency and qualifications) based on business need.
• May be required to be placed on-call during a regularly scheduled shift.

Benefits

• We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
• Intermountain Health’s PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees