Certified Nursing Assistant-Subacute

Kaweah Delta Health Care District•Visalia, CA

About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant provides holistic care to patients and families under the direction of a registered nurse. The role supports nursing staff with delegated tasks and provides assistance with patients’ personal care, daily activities, comfort, safety, and needs. The position serves patients in the Subacute department and requires maintaining confidentiality, following safety and infection-control procedures, keeping certifications current, and documenting care in the EMR as soon as possible after it is provided. The role also includes communicating patient-condition changes, concerns, and needs to licensed staff; assisting with admissions, transfers, and discharges; collecting and recording measurements and specimens; and participating in emergency response activities. When assigned as a Restorative Nurse Assistant in the Transitional Care Unit or Subacute, the CNA supports residents’ physical functioning through activities such as mobility training, range of motion, and splinting under RN supervision.

Requirements

Current California Certified Nursing Assistant certification.
HeartSaver AED certification.
Kaweah Health-approved crisis intervention training within 60 days of hire or transfer.
Keep all required certifications current.
Use a watch with timing capabilities, such as a seconds hand or stopwatch, as part of the required uniform.
Maintain a well-groomed, professional appearance in accordance with HR.107, Professional Appearance Guidelines.

Responsibilities

Report patient-condition variances, needs, concerns, and activity changes to licensed staff; refer complaints and problems to licensed staff or the department manager immediately.
Answer assigned patient call lights within two minutes and greet patients and family members professionally, identifying oneself by name and job category.
Assist patients with assigned needs and activities of daily living, including bathing, ambulation, oral care, toileting, meals, snacks, and water pitchers.
Assist nursing staff with tasks delegated by the Registered Nurse and participate in achieving quality patient care.
Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with current policies and procedures, including safety and infection-control practices.
Provide for patients’ toilet needs, empty bedpans and drainage containers, and report variations in output amount, color, consistency, or odor to the RN.
Assist with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges, and orient patients to their rooms and available features.
Collect and record intake and output, weight, height, and vital signs as delegated by the Registered Nurse; collect respiratory rate through direct observation.
Collect, label, and deliver specimens.
Provide post-mortem care and assist with transporting the body to the morgue.
Assist with emergency care, including crash cart checks, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and responding to Code Blue.
Handle patients’ personal property carefully and maintain a clean, safe, and neat patient environment.
Document all care provided in the EMR as soon after care occurs as possible.
When assigned as a Restorative Nurse Assistant in the Transitional Care Unit or Subacute, assist residents with mobility training, range of motion, splinting skills, and other ADL activities to support their highest level of physical functioning under RN supervision.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills appropriate to the population served and attend to patient and family cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, age, growth, and development needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.