CNA

Covenant Health • Knoxville, TN

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant, Oncology functions as a direct patient caregiver, performing hands-on care, activities of daily living, and specified technical tasks for a group of patients under the supervision of the Team Leader. The role may also serve as a sitter for patients who need full-time supervision in the hospital. The position is full time, 72 hours per pay period, on the day shift, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, a 444-bed hospital and part of Covenant Health, East Tennessee’s largest nonprofit health system.

Requirements

• Tennessee CNA licensure is required upon hire. Out-of-state hires must have their Tennessee CNA license in process, as reflected on the state website, upon hire.
• CPR certification is required.
• Must be able to operate a computer and possess excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to read with comprehension, write legibly, and perform basic arithmetic computations.
• Must understand patient care that may appropriately be delegated to nursing assistants.
• Must be trained and willing to function in a sitter capacity for patients requiring full-time supervision.
• Must meet the standards for the required license and/or certification.

Nice To Haves

• Hospital experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of medical terminology is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Take and record patients’ temperature, pulse, respiration rates, blood pressures, weights, heights, and intake and output measurements.
• Encourage patients to turn, cough, breathe deeply, and use incentive spirometry as specified by the plan of care.
• Ambulate patients and assist them in and out of bed, into wheelchairs, and with transport when necessary.
• Attend to patients’ nutritional needs, including distributing meal trays, feeding patients, and filling and distributing water pitchers.
• Provide morning or evening care, including bed baths, oral hygiene, hair care, back care, dressing, linen changes, cleaning bedside surfaces, straightening rooms, and other supportive care.
• Empty drains, canisters, urine bags, bedpans, and emesis basins, and record intake and output.
• Help maintain a safe environment, including reporting malfunctioning equipment and appropriately handling linen and storing supplies.
• Provide general care, including positioning, lifting, and turning patients; assisting with bedpans, urinals, or commodes; preoperative supportive care; and applying or removing abdominal binders, anti-embolism stockings, and sequential compression devices.
• Empty and clean ostomy bags according to procedure.
• Collect urine, stool, and sputum specimens as ordered.
• Perform range-of-motion tasks and assist with ambulatory devices as specified in patients’ plans of care.
• Perform phlebotomy after additional training, including correct labeling with two patient identifiers and maintaining, rotating, and restocking lab-draw supplies.
• Perform EKGs after special training.
• Promptly answer patient call lights and respond to patient requests.
• Report significant changes in patients’ conditions to the RN.
• Help maintain clean and orderly patient and work environments.
• Follow infection-control policies, including standard and transmission-based precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures, and proper body mechanics.
• Document and maintain patient records as appropriate.
• Gather equipment for oxygen setup and check oxygen connections and placement.
• Check that equipment at the patient bedside is functioning properly.
• Ambulate patients who are using oxygen.
• Set up suction equipment and check that it functions properly.
• Demonstrate knowledge and competency in meeting the age-specific needs of the population served and perform skills on the Nursing Assistant checklist.
• Follow policies, procedures, and safety standards; complete annual education assignments; work toward goals and objectives; and participate in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Complete training and be willing to function as a sitter for patients requiring full-time hospital supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Covenant Health offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, certification bonuses, and leadership development programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed