CNA-NH

Covenant Health•Tazewell, TN

About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) is a direct patient caregiver who performs tasks to assist LPNs and RNs. Under the charge nurse’s supervision, the CNA provides hands-on care, assistance with activities of daily living, and specified technical tasks for a group of residents. CNAs may not perform invasive procedures or apply topical medications under practice standards. This position is PRN/OCC with variable shifts at Claiborne Medical Center. The CNA supports residents’ physical, emotional, socio-economic, and spiritual needs as part of the nursing care plan, maintains a safe and orderly care environment, and documents resident care as appropriate.

Requirements

Tennessee CNA licensure is required upon hire. Out-of-state hires must have a Tennessee CNA license in process, as reflected on the state website, upon hire.
CPR is required.
Must possess excellent interpersonal skills.
Must be able to read with comprehension, write legibly, and perform basic arithmetic computations.
Must have an understanding and knowledge of resident care.
Must demonstrate competency in skills on the CNA checklist.

Responsibilities

Follow established hospital and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance programs, and safety standards.
Measure and record residents’ temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, weight, height, and intake and output.
Encourage residents to turn, cough, breathe deeply, and use incentive spirometry as specified in the plan of care.
Ambulate residents, assist them in and out of bed and wheelchairs, and transport them when necessary.
Meet residents’ nutritional needs, including distributing meal trays, feeding, and filling and distributing water pitchers.
Provide morning or evening care, including bathing, oral hygiene, hair care, back care, dressing, changing bed linen, and tidying resident rooms and bedside areas.
Empty drains, canisters, urine bags, bedpans, and emesis basins; record intake and output; and change disposable briefs.
Help maintain a safe environment, including reporting faulty equipment and handling linen and supplies appropriately.
Position, lift, or turn residents; assist with bedpans, urinals, or commodes; and apply or remove TED hose stockings and sequential compression devices.
Empty and clean ostomy bags according to procedure.
Collect urine, stool, and sputum specimens as ordered.
Perform range-of-motion tasks and assist with ambulatory devices as specified in residents’ plans of care.
Perform accuchecks after required on-the-job training.
Promptly answer resident call lights and respond to resident requests.
Report significant changes in residents’ conditions to an LPN or RN.
Maintain clean and orderly resident and work environments.
Document and maintain resident records as appropriate.
Gather equipment for oxygen setup and check oxygen connections and proper placement.
Check that equipment at residents’ bedsides is functioning properly.
Ambulate residents who are using oxygen.
Set up suction equipment and check that it functions properly.
Demonstrate knowledge and competency in meeting the age-specific needs of the population served and perform skills on the CNA checklist.
Participate in the nursing care plan to meet residents’ physical, emotional, socio-economic, and spiritual needs.
Report faulty equipment, suspected resident abuse, mistreatment or neglect, and suspected criminal activity to appropriate managerial staff.
Complete required annual education assignments, work toward goals and objectives, and participate in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
Perform other assigned duties that do not exceed scope of practice.