Certified Nursing Assistant

ThedaCare

1d • Onsite

About The Position

ThedaCare is a community health system in Northeast Wisconsin, comprising seven hospitals, numerous clinics, and related services, employing approximately 6,800 individuals. With a 100-year history, ThedaCare aims to reinvent healthcare by being a proactive partner in health, enriching lives, and creating value. The organization values compassion, excellence, leadership, innovation, and agility, empowering team members to drive change. The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) position, under the supervision of an LPN, RN, or nurse leader, involves performing patient-centered, evidence-based nursing care activities to address patients' physical and psychosocial needs. This role requires collaborative practice with the care team to ensure high-quality, cost-effective, and safe patient care. The CNA is expected to contribute to departmental goals by delivering compassionate, safe care and committing to continuous professional development. ThedaCare supports its team members with excellent compensation and benefits, ongoing learning and development opportunities, accessible leadership, and a commitment to work/life balance.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age, except for Peabody Manor, The Heritage or Juliette Manor
• Valid State of Wisconsin CNA Certification
• American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or GED preferred

Responsibilities

• Performs delegated patient care activities using evidence-based practice and specific competencies for the patient population served.
• Assists in meeting the care needs of the patient in collaboration with the care team to ensure quality, cost-effective safe patient care practices.
• Demonstrates clinical expertise in the provision of care in the clinical specialty assigned and performs all functions of the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), which are age appropriate, developmentally sensitive, and culturally specific.
• Respectfully addresses situations or decisions to ensure patient concerns and needs are met.
• Identifies ways to improve the patient’s experience of care, streamline care processes, and lower costs to improve patient, family, and team member satisfaction.
• Identifies and escalates patient risk to prevent crises.
• Demonstrates professional and therapeutic relationships with patients, families, team members, and providers.
• Reinforces patient education to improve care outcomes and safe patient practices.
• Performs and documents patient cares including personal hygiene, mobility, activities of daily living, and vital signs, and ensures the care environment promotes patient safety.
• Provides care to patients including collecting body fluids for testing and cultures, administering medications if applicable, and providing patient care as defined within the nursing plan of care and/or physician orders, within the scope of the CNA role.

Benefits

• Excellent compensation and benefits
• Continued opportunities for learning and development
• Accessible and transparent leadership
• Commitment to work/life balance
• Lifestyle Engagement e.g. health coaches, relaxation rooms, health focused apps (Wonder, Ripple), mental health support
• Access & Affordability e.g. minimal or zero copays, team member cost sharing premiums, daycare

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees