CNA - Acute Care (per diem)

Sauk Prairie Healthcare•Prairie du Sac, WI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Looking to be part of a team that provides extraordinary healthcare from the heart? You Belong Here. This position involves providing direct patient care, comfort, and assistance with activities of daily living and rehabilitation under the supervision of a nurse. The role requires adaptability to changes in daily assignments, patient status, and unit needs, as well as the ability to stay organized in a busy and demanding setting.

Requirements

Valid certificate as a Certified Nursing Assistant
Valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 3 months of hire date.
Previous experience as a Certified Nursing Assistant (Preferred)

Nice To Haves

None listed

Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care under the direction of the Registered Nurse.
Execute duties as assigned and establish and meet timelines for patient care.
Answer patient call lights within unit-specific guidelines.
Provide basic hygiene including bathing, oral care, and dressing.
Assist with toileting, turning, and ambulation.
Take patient vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, respirations, temperature, oxygen level, glucose monitoring).
Relay and document patient information including physical and mental status changes, vital signs, meal consumption, liquid intake, glucose results, distances walked, and daily bowel movement and urine amounts.
Effectively relay information to the next CNA on shift or the nurse in charge.
Participate in bedside reporting.
Safely care for multiple patients using appropriate safety precautions.
Ensure a clean, safe, and organized environment with adequate supplies.
Maintain equipment in a clean and safe manner and remove/tag equipment needing repair.
Float to other units as necessary.
May have precepting responsibility.
Participate in education by attending required inservices and 75% of unit meetings.
Demonstrate understanding and utilization of Universal Precautions, asepsis, and infection control procedures.
Greet each person entering the facility.
Explain temperature and symptom screening purpose to patients/visitors/vendors.
Explain current visitor/patient support partner protocol.
Ensure patients/visitors/vendors are screened appropriately.
Administer and interpret temperature using a no-touch digital thermometer.
Screen persons entering the facility.
Ensure all who enter are wearing a mask/face covering and provide one if needed.
Confirm patients' destinations and direct them accordingly.
Confirm permitted visitors in coordination with Welcome Desk staff.
Maintain a clean and orderly work area and entry vestibule.
Monitor screening supplies and report needs.
Clean returned wheelchairs prior to reuse.
Assist with projects and tasks that can be performed at the work station.