Certified Nursing Assistant
About The Position
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center is recruiting Certified Nursing Assistants to provide services that support patients’ personal needs and comfort throughout the hospital. The role includes bedside care and assistance with daily activities, mobility, monitoring, and procedures. Nursing Assistants assigned to behavioral health may care for severely mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or mentally disabled patients and may provide direct one-to-one or two-to-one observation to promote patient safety. ARMC is a 456-bed public, nonprofit, university-affiliated teaching hospital in Colton, California. It includes a regional burn center, comprehensive stroke center, Level I trauma center, and inpatient behavioral health center, and operates community-based primary care clinics and specialty outpatient services. Applicants must pass a background investigation and medical examination, including drug screening, and maintain Healthcare Provider-level Basic Life Support certification. Depending on assignment, Crisis Prevention Institute certification may be required; training will be provided. Applicants must be available for all shifts, including weekends and holidays, depending on departmental needs. The work environment may involve exposure to assaultive or combative patients, hazardous and infectious materials, and communicable diseases. The employer cannot consider applicants who will require visa sponsorship.
Requirements
- Possess and maintain Healthcare Provider-level Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Meet one of the following experience requirements: six months of recent (within the past five years) full-time work involving bedside patient care in an acute care hospital, skilled nursing facility, rehabilitation hospital, or professional setting; or successful completion of a Certified Nursing Assistant program within the past two years.
- Pass a background investigation and medical examination, including drug screening.
- Be available to work all shifts, including weekends and holidays, depending on departmental needs.
- Depending on the area of assignment, obtain Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certification; training will be provided.
- Not require visa sponsorship at the time of application or in the future.
Nice To Haves
- Bilingual candidates are highly desired.
- Candidates willing to work in the acute behavioral health setting are highly desired.
Responsibilities
- Assist with general bedside nursing care, including bathing, shaving, dressing, and feeding patients.
- Ambulate, reposition, and transport patients.
- Take patients’ vital signs.
- Assist healthcare staff with dressing changes and procedures.
- Change bed linens.
- Observe patients and report changes in their conditions to the nurse in charge.
- In behavioral health assignments, assist in caring for severely mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or mentally disabled patients requiring specialized care and treatment.
- Provide one-to-one or two-to-one direct patient observations to help ensure patient safety.
Benefits
- Excellent benefits are available for regular positions; job-specific benefits are described in the Summary of Benefits and applicable Memoranda of Understanding.
- An alternative Modified Benefits Option is available and provides a wage differential.
- Incumbents assigned to the ARMC Behavioral Health Inpatient Unit may receive $1.50 per hour in inpatient assignment compensation.
- Per Diem and Extra-Help positions are paid at a higher salary, participate in the County’s Part-time Seasonal Temporary Deferred Compensation Plan, and do not earn other benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
