Certified Nursing Assistant, Ortho/Neuro - Night Shift

Mercyhealth•Janesville, WI

About The Position

As a Clinical Certified Nursing Assistant, you provide hands-on patient care and support that contributes to patients’ comfort, safety, and recovery. You work alongside a clinical team in a fast-paced healthcare environment. The schedule is 36 hours per week on the night shift. The role has no supervisory responsibilities. Duties include providing care within the CNA’s educational scope and according to care standards, shift routines, and organizational policies; answering call lights; documenting care; maintaining clean work and patient environments; and managing supplies. The CNA may float to units according to patient-care needs, participate in improvement activities, and help train or precept new partners in collaboration with the unit educator. Competencies and procedures include blood glucose monitoring, bladder scanning, connecting patients to remote telemetry or bedside cardiac monitors, monitoring collection and drainage devices, taking and reporting vital signs, and discontinuing specified invasive devices under the direction of a supervising RN.

Requirements

Completion of a CNA program.
Current CNA certificate in the applicable state.
Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days.
Ability to perform the listed patient-care procedures and duties within the CNA’s educational scope and under the direction of a supervising RN.
Problem-solving, communication, interpersonal, adaptability, professionalism, dependability, and time-management skills.
Consistent attendance and punctuality.

Responsibilities

Provide assigned patient care within the CNA’s educational scope and according to standards of care, shift routines, and policies and procedures.
Answer call lights in a timely and appropriate manner.
Document care provided according to standards.
Maintain clean work and patient environments.
Maintain supplies by scanning, stocking, ordering supplies, and disposing of expired or damaged supplies.
Float to various units based on identified patient-care needs.
Participate in department or unit performance-improvement activities.
Train or precept new partners in collaboration with the unit educator.
Perform blood glucose monitoring with lab personnel and complete bladder scanning procedures after competency training.
Attach patients to remote telemetry or bedside cardiac monitors.
Manage and report collection devices and output, including fecal management systems, indwelling catheters, nasogastric tubes to suction, and surgical drains under the direction of a supervising RN.
Complete vital signs, including manual blood pressure, and report abnormal values to the supervising RN.
Discontinue indwelling catheters, nasogastric tubes, peripherally inserted intravenous catheters, and similar devices as appropriate, under the direction of the supervising RN.
Follow safety and security procedures and use equipment and materials properly, including lifts and gait belts for partner and patient safety.