Certified Nursing Assistant (Med/Surg)

Breckinridge Health • Hardinsburg, KY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides direct patient care under the supervision of nursing staff, focusing on activities of daily living, patient comfort, and monitoring vital signs. This role involves assisting with meals, ambulation, personal care, and maintaining patient records.

Requirements

• Active Kentucky Certified Nursing Assistant Licensure
• BLS Certification

Responsibilities

• Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary and ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; and providing fresh water and nourishment between meals.
• Assists nursing staff to identify physical, psychosocial, age-specific, and cultural considerations of each patient.
• Works with the nursing staff to provide personal care according to organizational standards and policies.
• Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine and recording intake and output information.
• Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients’ call lights and requests; and reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor.
• Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED