Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Surgical, Full-Time

University of Miami•Miami, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Miami Health System (UHealth) is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant for a full-time position in Medical Surgical Nursing. This role involves providing direct patient care, assisting with personal hygiene, meals, mobility, and various medical procedures. The Certified Nursing Assistant will also be responsible for maintaining a safe environment, transporting patients and equipment, reporting patient conditions to the assigned nurse, and recording vital signs and intake/output. The University of Miami is South Florida's only university-based health system, providing leading-edge patient care, groundbreaking research, and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, UHealth serves South Florida, Latin America, and the Caribbean, with physicians representing over 100 specialties and sub-specialties. The University of Miami is recognized for its excellence in teaching, research, and patient care, ranking highly in national reports and housing top-tier medical facilities like Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. The institution is committed to diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent
Certified Nursing Assistant license
Minimum 0 - 1 year of relevant experience

Responsibilities

Provides for patients’ personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves, and assisting with showers.
Assists with meals and feeds patients, ambulates, turns, and positions patients, and provides fresh water and nourishment between meals.
Administers enemas, douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, therapeutic and sitz baths, and applies restraints.
Performs sugar and acetone urine testing, specimen collection, and post-mortem care.
Answers patients’ call lights and requests promptly.
Maintains a safe and attractive environment for patients and staff and transports patients and equipment.
Reports patient conditions to the assigned nurse to ensure professional assessment.
Measures and records food and liquid intake and output, and checks and records vital signs.
Provides patient help with walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed.
Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.