Certified Nursing Assistant - Birthplace (32/N)

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Plymouth, MN

3d•$19 - $33•Onsite

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. This is a 32hpw position working 11p-7:30a, with rotating weekends and holidays. The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) performs various patient care activities and related tasks in a Birthplace setting. The CNA assists with admitting, transferring, and discharging patients. They are responsible for preparing patients for meals, serving food, assisting with feeding, and recording intake. The CNA also performs personal nursing care functions, assisting patients with daily living activities such as oral hygiene, bathing, dressing, bowel/bladder functions, transporting, obtaining blood sugar levels, and vital signs, always promoting patient dignity. They provide all functions as delegated by Registered Nursing Staff, ensure patient rooms are prepared for admissions, conduct purposeful rounding, and respond to call bells promptly. The CNA alerts nursing staff to abnormal findings, stocks patient rooms and care areas, updates whiteboards, helps maintain a safe patient environment, and may provide constant observation as a trained safety sitter. Compliance with mandatory education and accurate documentation in the Electronic Medical Record are also key responsibilities. It is understood that this is a summary of key job functions and does not include every detail of the job that may reasonably be required.

Requirements

High School graduate or equivalency or current enrollment in a co-op program required
Current MA Certified Nurse Assistant License, EMT License, or current enrollment in a Nursing Program with sufficient hours of clinical rotation required
Active American Heart Association BLS certification required upon hire
Must be able to read, write, and follow written and oral directions in English at the 12th grade level.
Excellent organizational skills and work pace consistent with working in a busy, acute care unit

Nice To Haves

As with all job assignments, staff may be floated to areas where they are needed.

Responsibilities

Admission/Transfer/Discharge Functions: Ready patients’ room, greet and escort patient to their room, inventory possessions, assist with packing personal possessions.
Food Service Functions: Prepare patients for meals, serve food trays and snacks, assist with feeding as needed, record food/fluid intake, keep water pitchers filled, assist with after meal care.
Personnel Functions: Perform all tasks in accordance with policies/procedures, report all complaints/grievances made by the patient.
Personal Nursing Care Functions: Assist/provide patients with activities of daily living such as oral hygiene, bath functions, dressing/undressing, bowel/bladder functions, transporting, obtaining blood sugar levels, and vital signs in a manner that promotes and maintains patient’s dignity.
Provide all functions as delegated by Registered Nursing Staff.
Ensure patient room is ready for expected admission, i.e., name tags, admission kit, etc.
Conduct purposeful Rounding using the TLC model.
Respond to call bells in a timely manner
Alert nursing staff to abnormal findings during the execution of patient care duties
Stocking patient rooms and patient care areas with supplies needed for patient care
Updating white board with appropriate information regarding personnel and daily activities
Help to maintain a safe patient environment free of tripping hazards
Provide constant observation as a safety sitter to patients once trained
Comply will all mandatory education as assigned
Accurately document all relevant patient care activities in the Electronic Medical Record