Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Orthopedic Surgery FT, Night

Prisma Health•Greenville, SC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant assists with patient care based on each patient's individualized plan of care and performs basic nursing activities as delegated by an RN. The role collects, monitors, and documents patient information; maintains confidentiality; uses safe patient-handling practices; communicates activities, observations, and changes in patient status to the RN; and helps keep patient areas neat and clean. This position is in the Orthopedic Surgery department at Greenville Memorial Hospital and works the night shift.

Requirements

Completion of a nursing assistant or patient care technician program.
Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification.
Basic computer and data-entry skills.
Mathematical skills.
Working knowledge of patient equipment, including suction, vital-sign equipment, and defibrillators.

Responsibilities

Assist patients with activities of daily living, including turning and repositioning, walking, and transportation as needed.
Assist with fall-prevention interventions and patient restraints as delegated.
Provide care delegated by the RN, including non-sterile soaks, simple non-sterile dressings, and perineal care.
Collect vital signs, fluid intake and output, and basic and sterile specimens.
Document and maintain data in the medical record, and inform the RN of activities performed, patient observations, and changes in patient status.
Run errands, answer the telephone, and respond to call lights.
Perform point-of-care testing as trained and delegated by the RN, and report laboratory values to the RN.
Provide and document comfort measures and non-pharmacological pain management.
Maintain confidentiality of patient information and use safe patient-handling practices.
Perform other duties as assigned.