Certified Nursing Assistant - Birthplace (32/N)
About The Position
The Certified Nursing Assistant supports patients in the Birthplace by performing delegated patient-care duties and helping maintain a safe, orderly care environment. The role includes preparing rooms and assisting patients with admission, transfer, and discharge; supporting meals and recording food and fluid intake; and assisting with activities of daily living while preserving patient dignity. The CNA conducts purposeful rounding using the TLC model, responds to call bells, alerts nursing staff to abnormal findings, and documents relevant care in the Electronic Medical Record. The position also involves stocking patient-care areas, updating whiteboards, maintaining a hazard-free environment, and providing constant observation as a safety sitter after training. Staff may be floated to areas where needed. This is a 32-hour-per-week position with an 11 p.m.–7:30 a.m. schedule and rotating weekends and holidays.
Requirements
- High school graduation or equivalency, or current enrollment in a co-op program.
- Current Massachusetts Certified Nurse Assistant license, EMT license, or current enrollment in a nursing program with sufficient clinical-rotation hours.
- Active American Heart Association BLS certification upon hire.
- Ability to read, write, and follow written and oral directions in English at the 12th-grade level.
- Excellent organizational skills and a work pace suitable for a busy acute-care unit.
- Must be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.
Responsibilities
- Prepare patients’ rooms; greet and escort patients; inventory possessions; and help pack personal possessions.
- Prepare patients for meals, serve food trays and snacks, assist with feeding as needed, record food and fluid intake, keep water pitchers filled, and assist with after-meal care.
- Perform assigned duties in accordance with policies and procedures and report patient complaints or grievances.
- Assist with activities of daily living, including oral hygiene, bathing, dressing and undressing, bowel and bladder functions, transporting, obtaining blood sugar levels, and taking vital signs while promoting patient dignity.
- Perform functions delegated by Registered Nursing Staff.
- Prepare rooms for expected admissions, including setting up name tags and admission kits.
- Conduct purposeful rounding using the TLC model and respond to call bells in a timely manner.
- Alert nursing staff to abnormal findings observed while performing patient-care duties.
- Stock patient rooms and care areas with supplies needed for patient care.
- Update whiteboards with appropriate personnel and daily-activity information.
- Help maintain a safe patient environment free of tripping hazards.
- Provide constant observation as a safety sitter after training.
- Complete mandatory education as assigned.
- Accurately document relevant patient-care activities in the Electronic Medical Record.
- Float to areas where needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
