Certified Nursing Assistant On Call - AHCC

State of Washington • Spokane County - Airway Heights, WA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Corrections is seeking a highly motivated and qualified Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) for the Airway Heights Corrections Center located in Airway Heights, WA. This position supports the Department's mission to improve public safety by delivering and leading others in the delivery of nursing services that promote health, foster healing, and support coping and adjusting to various health conditions. This position supports the mission of the Health Services Division by providing necessary, comprehensive, quality health services and to promote wellness in preparation for return to the community. At the Department of Corrections, we value our nurses and understand how important they are to our patients and their families. Additionally, we offer a great benefit package along with opportunity for professional and personal growth.

Requirements

• Initial and continuous unblemished/unrestricted licensure in the State of Washington as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
• Certification by the American Heart Association in emergency first response.
• Indicates possession of knowledge, skill and or ability to perform nursing assistant activities.
• Participates in the evaluation of competency in nursing assistant practice as requested by the Employer.
• Able to use the computer to enter, schedule, monitor and track patient information, word process and communicate via email.
• Safety
• Treats Others With Respect and Courtesy
• Dependability
• Accountability
• Judgement and Problem Solving
• Leadership
• Communication
• Relationship Building
• Ethics and Integrity
• Embracing Diversity and Cultural Differences
• Must be able to work in spaces, climb stairs, walk long distances, and frequently lift up to 30 pounds.
• Under rare circumstances this position may be required to lift or carry up to 50 pounds and push up to 100 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Six months’ experience involving customer service in a health care setting OR six months’ experience involving direct patient care.

Responsibilities

• Under the direct or indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse, or Licensed Practical Nurse, deliver care to promote health, foster healing, and support coping and adjustment to various health conditions.
• Provide health service to individual patients, groups of patients, staff employed at the correctional facility, and the public at large.
• Assist patients with personal care and activities of daily living such as bathing, personal hygiene, grooming, dressing, eating, positioning, transferring and ambulating.
• Perform passive and active range of motion.
• Assist the medical practitioner and physicians with examinations and provide assistance when necessary, including, but not limited to, paperwork and handling instruments needed for examination.
• Assist the laboratory with urine dip sticks, blood sugar testing, and transport.
• Assist with inpatient admissions and discharges.
• Ensure patient rooms are clean and free of unsafe conditions.
• Conduct inventory and daily checks of assigned areas to support quality improvement.
• Meet patient’s personal hygiene and comfort needs, to ensure promotion and maintenance of musculoskeletal, integumentary, genitourinary, gastrointestinal systems integrity in inpatient unit.
• Practice infection control techniques and report any discrepancies to licensed personnel through the chain of command.
• Perform basic nursing procedures such as taking temperatures, pulses, respiration, and blood pressure.
• Apply barrier cream and lotions to intact skin; perform non invasive lab procedures and report results to a Registered Nurse.
• Apply external appliances such as braces, Uros heaths, hearing aids and perform active, passive range of motion and make beds.
• Answer call light, determine the nature of the problem and respond within the scope of training and to report appropriate chain of command.
• Use tools, techniques, physical and cognitive skills and abilities to practice as a Nursing Assistant safely and effectively in the correctional setting and within the scope of practice as defined by State Law and Administrative Code to ensure patient care provided is safe, effective, efficient and clinically appropriate.
• Monitor and collect specific data, as directed, about health status, clinical condition, or situation of individuals, families, groups and communities by interview, observation, inspection, and examination.
• Report the results of monitoring and data collection to the Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, or Medical Practitioner.
• Assist the Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, or Medical Practitioner in analysis and evaluation of the structure, process and timeframes for service delivery, the expected effects of treatment or intervention and the outcomes to be achieved.
• Assist the Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, or Medical Practitioner to revise the plan of care as necessary to prevent complication, to address new or emerging problems or to improve care and service delivery.
• Ensure that they are in attendance, capable and competent to practice as a Nursing Assistant, as assigned.
• Participate in and evaluate your own practice for technical competency and safety, obtain education or training to retain or improve skills and abilities based upon the work assigned and inform immediate supervisor if there are specific tasks, techniques, skills or abilities are unable to perform competently.
• Report on and perform work as scheduled to ensure staff safety and patient care are not compromised.
• Remain on duty until adequate replacement has arrived and communication has occurred to ensure continuity of patient care.
• Work overtime (voluntary and mandatory) and callback shifts as necessary to maintain service delivery, safety and security.
• Communicate effectively verbally, in writing, and via computer or other electronic media with patients, patients’ families, other health care personnel, custody staff, and other institutional personnel to ensure information is solicited to identify problems and develop solutions to deliver care.
• Legibly document subjective and objective clinical findings, as well as actions taken to deliver nursing and other aspects of healthcare in the health record, computerized database and on the other DOC approved forms.
• Establish therapeutic relationships that preserve professional boundaries with patients and their families.
• Provide accurate, authoritative information to groups or communities, the multidisciplinary health care team, and correctional personnel to ensure good clinical practices and health behaviors are promoted, and health risks are reduced.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Maintain positive and professional working relationships, remain calm and act professionally during all emergent conditions with the ability to recall detailed instructions.
• Maintain attention and concentration for extended periods of time and work collaboratively with diverse groups of staff and patients.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Up to 25 paid vacations days a year
• 8 hours of paid sick leave per month
• 12 paid holidays a year
• Generous retirement plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Dependent Care Assistance
• Deferred Compensation

What This Job Offers

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