Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Surgical, Full-Time

University of Miami•Miami, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Certified Nursing Assistant in Medical Surgical at the University of Miami Hospital UTower. The role involves providing direct patient care, assisting with personal hygiene, meals, ambulation, and positioning of patients. Responsibilities also include administering various treatments, performing specimen collection, monitoring vital signs, and maintaining a safe patient environment. The University of Miami Health System is South Florida's only university-based health system, known for leading-edge patient care, groundbreaking research, and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. It serves South Florida, Latin America, and the Caribbean, with physicians representing over 100 specialties and sub-specialties.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent
Certified Nursing Assistant license
Minimum 0 - 1 year of relevant experience

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 and output, and checks and records vital signs.
Provides patient help with walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed.
Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.