Certified Nursing Assistant

Alameda Health System•Oakland, CA

About The Position

Under close supervision, the Certified Nursing Assistant performs paraprofessional nursing tasks related to the care and treatment of hospital or clinic patients. The role carries out routine inpatient and/or outpatient nursing duties that do not require a license and performs related duties as required. Duties may vary by assignment and may include direct patient care, supporting registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses, and assisting in outpatient clinics.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED with additional training, at minimum.
At least six months of paraprofessional nursing training as a Hospital Services Trainee with AHS, or the equivalent of one year of recent, full-time experience performing work comparable to a Nursing Assistant in a hospital or medical facility.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.
Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training is required for all positions at John George Psychiatric Pavilion and certain Emergency Department positions.
Current Nursing Assistant certification is required for positions at Highland and Fairmont Hospitals.

Nice To Haves

College graduate preferred.
Other advanced life support certifications may be required depending on unit or department specialty and patient care policies.

Responsibilities

Assist patients with meals, personal hygiene, and incontinent care; provide cleansing and retention enemas; and assist with catheterization and bladder irrigations.
Assist registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses with treatments and other nursing tasks. Answer call lights promptly and support patient comfort and safety by adjusting beds, lights, bed rails, pillows, clothing, and bedside tables or equipment.
Observe and report deviations in patients’ condition or status, and keep patient areas clean and orderly.
Obtain and set up suction equipment; perform nasal and tracheal suctioning; administer oxygen using tents and masks; turn and position patients; assist with transfers to and from wheelchairs and gurneys; and assist with ambulation and crutch walking.
Take patients’ temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure; perform routine tests such as urine dipstick, urine pregnancy, vision, and hearing tests; and promptly report findings to supervising personnel.
Administer simple range-of-motion exercises, assist with application of traction devices, position and drape patients for examination or treatment, and transport patients to other areas of the hospital by wheelchair or gurney.
When assigned as a sitter, protect patients or residents from harm through continuous one-to-one observation and assist in meeting their emotional and physical needs; provide ongoing observation and basic patient care.
Educate patients on health-related topics or discharge information within the scope of duties.
When assigned to an outpatient setting, prepare examination rooms and ensure they are stocked with necessary supplies, equipment, and instruments; weigh patients and take and document vital signs.
Assist physicians or midlevel practitioners during examinations as directed; collect, label, and deliver specimens to the laboratory; maintain clean, well-supplied clinical areas; stock shelves; and monitor expiration dates of medical supplies and medications.