Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Acute Care (Nights)

Sauk Prairie Healthcare • Prairie du Sac, WI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of a nurse, the Certified Nursing Assistant provides direct patient care, comfort, and assistance with activities of daily living and rehabilitation. The role requires adaptability to changing assignments, patient status, and unit needs, as well as the ability to stay organized in a busy and demanding setting. The position is full-time at 0.9 FTE (72 hours per pay period), working 12-hour night shifts from 6:45 PM to 7:15 AM. Weekend and holiday rotations are every third; there are no on-call requirements.

Requirements

• Valid certificate as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
• Valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within three months of hire.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience as a Certified Nursing Assistant.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care under the direction of the Registered Nurse and execute assigned duties.
• Establish and meet timelines for patient care and other work.
• Answer patient call lights according to unit-specific guidelines.
• Provide basic hygiene, including bathing, oral care, and dressing.
• Assist patients with toileting, turning, and ambulation in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Take patient vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse, respirations, temperature, oxygen level, and glucose.
• Accurately and promptly relay and document physical and mental status changes, vital signs, meal consumption, liquid intake, glucose results, distances walked, and daily bowel movement and urine amounts.
• Relay information effectively to the next CNA or nurse in charge and participate in bedside reporting.
• Safely care for multiple patients and use appropriate safety precautions.
• Maintain a clean, safe, organized patient environment with adequate supplies.
• Keep equipment clean and safe, and remove and tag equipment that needs repair.
• Float to other units as necessary.
• Provide precepting when assigned.
• Attend required in-services and at least 75% of unit meetings.
• Use Universal Precautions, asepsis, and infection-control procedures.
• Greet people entering the facility and explain temperature and symptom screening and current visitor or patient support partner protocols.
• Screen people entering the facility, including administering and interpreting temperatures using a no-touch digital thermometer and ensuring mask or face-covering use.
• Confirm patients’ destinations and direct them to the appropriate department.
• Confirm permitted visitors in coordination with Welcome Desk staff.
• Maintain a clean and orderly work area and entry vestibule.
• Monitor screening supplies and report when additional supplies are needed.
• Clean returned wheelchairs before they are reused.
• Perform other assigned duties, including projects and tasks that can be completed at the work station.

Benefits

• Competitive health and dental insurance options.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Retirement plan with immediate vesting and employer match.
• Discounted membership to the fitness facility.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employer-provided life and disability insurance.
• Free parking at the facility.

What This Job Offers

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