Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA - Hospital)

Jamestown Regional Medical Center • Jamestown, ND

7h • Onsite

About The Position

Provides nursing-related tasks and functions under the direction and supervision of the Registered Nurse in charge of the team and/or unit. Assists patients with activities of daily living and helps maintain a safe, sanitary, orderly, and attractive environment for patients, hospital employees, and visitors.

This is a part-time, benefited position working 48 hours per two-week pay period. Scheduled shifts are variable evening hours (1500–2330) and occasional day hours (0700–1530), according to department needs. The role also includes receptionist duties and unit projects and requires computer knowledge. Applicants must hold a current CNA license or be registered on the ND Nurse Aid Registry.

The CNA provides personal hygiene and general nursing care; takes and records patient measurements; assists with meals, mobility, positioning, treatments, and personal property; answers call lights; and supports admissions, transfers, discharges, and other unit activities. The position includes transporting patients and specimens, maintaining patient rooms and work areas, providing care for patients in isolation and swingbed patients, and attending assigned in-service education. The role requires frequent interaction with patients and visitors, confidentiality, physical activity including lifting and transferring patients, and work in an environment with potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens and infectious disease. Work may include weekends, holidays, hours beyond the normal schedule, and temporary work in other positions when necessary.

Requirements

• Hold a current CNA license or be registered on the ND Nurse Aid Registry.
• Have computer knowledge.
• Demonstrate punctual and regular attendance, report to work on time prepared to work, and remain for the entire scheduled shift.
• Speak and write English in an understandable manner.
• Demonstrate the physical and emotional ability to meet the agreed work schedule and position performance standards.
• Apply concentrated attention and manual skills in situations that may be stressful.
• Have visual acuity for reading charts and working with medical devices; color perception is necessary for interpreting testing procedures involving color comparisons.
• Be able to frequently lift 25 pounds and occasionally lift linen bags weighing 50 pounds.
• Be able to lift, position, push, or transfer patients and equipment; assist with patient evacuation during disasters.
• Meet the position's physical demands, including frequent standing, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching, and dexterity when handling equipment and performing nursing-related functions.
• Practice aseptic techniques and Standard Precautions and comply with the JRMC Safety Management program.
• Complete a comprehensive background check and drug screening as a condition of employment; complete the required urine drug screening within 30 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal hygiene measures for patients of all ages, including bathing, oral hygiene, hair care, back care, and dressing, considering each patient's age and development.
• Maintain a clean patient environment by changing bed linen, cleaning bedside furniture, straightening rooms, and completing related tasks.
• Provide general nursing care, including positioning, lifting, turning, use of special equipment, assistance with toileting, ambulation, preoperative and postoperative care, and application of abdominal binders or anti-embolism stockings.
• Take and record temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height, blood pressure, and intake-output measurements.
• Prepare patients for meals, serve and remove food trays, assist with feeding, and distribute water and other nourishment.
• Perform routine treatment procedures, including enemas, heat and cold applications, and sitz baths.
• Answer patient call lights, anticipate patient needs, and make rounds to assigned patients.
• Assist patients with handling and caring for clothing and personal property, including dentures, glasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, and prosthetic devices.
• Perform general care activities for patients in isolation.
• Prepare units, patient rooms, and beds for admissions, returning surgical patients, transfers, emergencies, and discharges.
• Complete daily swingbed patient activities identified in the care plan or requested by nursing; provide activities and complete patient interest surveys.
• Provide post-mortem care and assist with transporting bodies to the morgue.
• Transport patients to and from departments as requested.
• Collect and transport specimens to the appropriate departments.
• Collect linen and dispose of trash in designated areas.
• Maintain interpersonal relationships with patients, visitors, and hospital personnel while protecting the confidentiality of patient information.
• Attend assigned in-service education programs to learn treatments, procedures, and developmental skills.
• Clean and prepare units for discharged or transferred patients as needed.
• Clean the work area and equipment at the end of the shift.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
• Perform receptionist duties and assist with unit projects.

Benefits

• Part-time benefited position

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed