UHT - Certified Nursing Assistant 3 (U)

University of Miami•Miami, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides direct patient care, focusing on personal hygiene, mobility, and basic medical needs. It also involves administrative duties as a Unit Secretary and remote patient monitoring as a Video Monitor Technician. The role requires adherence to University policies, maintaining a safe environment, and effective communication with patients, families, and healthcare professionals. The Certified Nursing Assistant 3 assists lower-level CNAs and performs various patient care tasks, including specimen collection, vital signs monitoring, and assisting with physical therapy routines. As a Unit Secretary, the role involves managing the nursing station, greeting visitors, answering phones, maintaining patient charts, and preparing admission packets. The Remote Video Monitor Technician ensures patient visualization via remote equipment, reports changes in patient status, and documents observations. This role is crucial for maintaining patient safety, comfort, and efficient unit operations.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent
Certified Nursing Assistant license
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience
Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail.
Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work under pressure while meeting deadlines.
Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.
Ability to work evenings, nights, and weekends as necessary.
Commitment to the University’s core values.
Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment.
Proficiency in computer software (i.e. Microsoft Office)
Administrative duties related to the admission to discharge process
Enter Discharge Milestones
Enter Patient Transportation
Communicating Discharge Delays
Communicate Stat orders
Assigns Cisco telephones - Sign In & Out
Ensures Employee badge locators are up and running - Hillrom System
Complete Room Preparedness Checklist

Responsibilities

Provides for patients’ personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves, and assisting with showers.
Assists with meals and feeds patients, ambulates, turns, and positions patients, and provides fresh water and nourishment between meals.
Administers enemas, douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, therapeutic and sitz baths, and applies restraints.
Performs sugar and acetone urine testing, specimen collection, and post-mortem care.
Answers patients’ call lights and requests promptly.
Maintains a safe and attractive environment for patients and staff and transports patients and equipment.
Reports patient conditions to the assigned nurse to ensure professional assessment.
Measures and records food and liquid intake, output, checks, and records vital signs.
Provides patient help with walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed.
Performs minor physical therapy routines and turning in bed to prevent bedsores.
May collect urine samples, attach EKG leads and remove catheters.
Assembles, monitors, and discontinues feeding of intravenous nutrition.
Assists lower level certified nursing assistants.
Adheres to University and unit-level policies, procedures, and safeguards University assets.
Creates a calm, business like atmosphere that promotes productivity.
Maintains a clean, safe and functional work area in the Nursing Station.
Greets all customers when entering the unit, handles their inquiries, and directs them to the appropriate person and/or area.
Initiates a positive communication with the patients, family members, nurses and physicians in a courteous manner.
Greets Visitors and callers, using a calm and friendly approach when communicating with others.
Answers the telephone before the fourth ring.
Takes messages, answers routine questions, and transfers call to appropriate areas and individuals.
Uses telephone etiquette standards 100%, using hospital designated scripting.
Maintains the patient's chart in appropriate order.
Initiates and assembles admission chart within 15 minutes of patients' arrival to the unit.
Prepares patient Welcome Packets and Folders for each patient.
Complete Clean Room Checklist for every room prior to patient arrival.
Assures that all pertinent information and forms are sent to the receiving unit when patients are transferred.
Records and delivers messages.
Maintains appropriate logs.
Ensure appropriate resources, equipment and supplies are available.
Utilizes universal precautions and environmental safety guidelines.
Comply with established measures for infection control, OSHA and AHCA regulations and risk management.
Utilizes time constructively and in an organized manner to accomplish assigned responsibilities.
Follow facility, departmental and personnel policies and procedures.
Comply with the employee Code of Ethics and Standards of Behavior.
Attend mandatory educational programs and annual in-services.
Preform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
Ensures complete visualization of the patient via remote monitoring equipment.
Notifies RN or Charge RN of changes in patient status observed on Central Station.
Obtains hand-off communication via the RN regarding ambulation limitations and course of action for redirection of patient if needed.
Obtains verbal report from the patient’s nurse to include information regarding the patient’s identified care needs, reason for observation, visual, auditory, or language barriers as well as any special considerations such as bed alarms, and speaker checks.
Immediately reports defective equipment failure to Charge Nurse and begins downtime procedure.
Documents observations and disperses team communication in an appropriate and timely manner.
Completes required observation documentation at established interval.
Obtains shift-to-shift hand-off report from previous shift.