CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT
About The Position
Performs direct care and treatment of patients, including custody and supervision consistent with nursing care and special treatment plans. Works under the supervision of a superior, who outlines routine assignments and provides specific instructions for new or unusual tasks. Work is reviewed during and after completion for compliance with standards of care, policies, procedures, and instructions. Usually has no supervisory responsibilities. The position is in LTAC on the third shift, 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM, with every other weekend and holiday scheduled; days off are to be determined. The standard work schedule is 40 hours. At appointment, the employee must be registered as a Nursing Assistant by the Rhode Island Department of Health and must maintain that registration as a condition of employment.
Requirements
- Working knowledge of patient-care practices, including first aid, housekeeping, personal needs, minor treatments, and infection control, and ability to apply this knowledge to patient care, treatment, and custody.
- Ability to recognize each patient’s uniqueness and apply preventive, restorative, and rehabilitative care principles.
- Ability to perform routine hospital tasks involving the care and custody of patients.
- Ability to understand and carry out simple oral and written instructions.
- Ability to maintain simple records.
- Education sufficient to ensure the ability to read, write, and speak English.
- Training or employment that provides familiarity with routine hospital or clinical patient-care procedures, or a substantially equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At appointment, registration as a Nursing Assistant by the Rhode Island Department of Health is required and must be maintained as a condition of employment.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care, treatment, supervision, and custody consistent with nursing care and special treatment plans.
- Provide simple treatments, such as bandaging and administering enemas, and assist nurses with other minor treatments.
- Provide personal care, including bathing, mouth care, perineal care, toileting, hair care, and shaving.
- Lift and transfer patients to and from beds, chairs, stretchers, and tubs using correct body mechanics and personal safety techniques.
- Make ward rounds, observe patients’ conditions, and report unusual occurrences and irregularities to a superior.
- Measure and record patients’ temperature, pulse, respirations, height, weight, and intake and output.
- Collect and label specimens.
- Transport or escort patients and assist with exercise and recreational activities.
- Maintain cleanliness and safety in patients’ immediate environments; make and change beds and care for patients’ clothing and personal effects.
- Apply infection-control and disease-prevention measures, including those for tuberculosis, bloodborne pathogens, and standard and isolation precautions.
- Antiseptically clean toilets, bedpans, and other equipment used in patient care and treatment.
- Use comfort, safety, and restraint devices as required by policy.
- Provide patients with basic range-of-motion exercises.
- Assist with patient food service and feed patients who require assistance.
- Collaborate with professional staff and contribute to treatment planning and quality assurance activities.
- Perform related work as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
