Certified Nursing Assistant

Alameda Health System•Oakland, CA

About The Position

Under close supervision, performs para-professional nursing tasks related to the care and treatment of patients in a hospital or clinic. Performs routine inpatient and/or outpatient nursing duties that do not require a license, along with related duties as required. Employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level, and not all listed duties are necessarily performed by every employee. Eligible positions also receive a comprehensive benefits program.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED with additional training at a minimum.
At least six months of para-professional 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 positions in the Emergency Department.
Current Nursing Assistant certification is required for positions at Highland and Fairmont Hospitals.
Other advanced life support certifications may be required depending on unit or department specialty and patient-care policies.

Nice To Haves

College graduate preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist patients with meals, personal hygiene, and incontinent care; give cleansing and retention enemas; and assist with catheterization and bladder irrigations.
Assist registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses with treatment and other nursing tasks. Respond promptly to call lights and support patient comfort and safety by adjusting beds, lights, bed rails, pillows, clothing, and bedside tables or equipment.
Observe and report changes in patients’ conditions 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, 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 applying traction devices, position and drape patients for examinations or treatment, and transport patients within the hospital by wheelchair or gurney.
When assigned as a sitter, protect patients or residents from harm through continuous one-to-one observation, provide basic care, and help meet emotional and physical needs.
Provide patient education on health-related topics or discharge information within the scope of duties.
In outpatient settings, prepare examination rooms and ensure they are stocked with supplies, equipment, and instruments for the clinic; 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 a clean, well-supplied clinical area; stock shelves; and monitor expiration dates for medical supplies and medications.