CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT-PRN
About The Position
This is a PRN position for a Certified Nursing Assistant. The role involves monitoring and recording patient conditions, performing basic nursing skills, documenting care, and communicating effectively with patients, families, and the care team. The position requires adherence to facility guidelines, HIPAA regulations, and safety procedures. It also emphasizes demonstrating caring attitudes, respect, equity, and empathy towards diverse patient populations. Occasional weekend work may be required. The role also includes organizational responsibilities such as upholding company values, maintaining effective communication, adhering to dress codes, demonstrating initiative, completing required education, maintaining patient confidentiality, reporting to work punctually, contributing to performance improvement, ensuring regulatory compliance, and following safety and infection control procedures.
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
- Must successfully pass a background check.
- Must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen and breath alcohol test (if applicable).
- Must complete an Employee Health meeting prior to starting employment.
- Current, active Colorado Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.) certification.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (or be obtained within ninety (90) days of hire).
Nice To Haves
- One (1) year C.N.A. experience
- One (1) year Med-Surg or Long-Term Care experience.
Responsibilities
- Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate.
- Performs delegated and ancillary basic nursing skills, including activities of daily living, monitoring of patient condition, body mechanics, providing nutritional support, and other standards of care, policies, and procedures.
- Documents care as provided.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and take appropriate action.
- Communicates clearly, honestly, appropriately, and promptly with patients, families, and care team members.
- Completes documentation of care/behaviors with accuracy according to facility guidelines.
- Respects the confidentiality of patient information and adheres to HIPAA and facility guidelines.
- Recognizes and reports changes in the patient’s condition.
- Demonstrates caring attitudes and behaviors to develop therapeutic relationships.
- Demonstrates respect, equity, and empathy in actions and interactions with culturally diverse and vulnerable patients.
- Demonstrates knowledge of facility safety procedures.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Establishes and maintenance of effective verbal and written communication, fostering positive working relationships with patients, staff, and vendors.
- Exhibits initiative and self-motivation; maintains a consistent level of productivity and manages time and responsibilities effectively.
- Completes all required annual education, training, in-services, and licensure/certification updates; actively participates in departmental and organizational meetings or reviews meeting minutes as required.
- Maintains strict patient confidentiality at all times.
- Reports to work punctually and completes assigned duties within established timeframes.
- Actively contributes to departmental and organization-wide performance improvement and continuous quality initiatives.
- Ensures compliance with all regulatory requirements, maintaining adherence to departmental, hospital, state, and federal standards and policies.
- Follows all infection control, safety, and risk management procedures to maintain a safe environment for patients, the public, and staff.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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