CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT
About The Position
The Certified Nursing Assistant provides direct care, treatment, supervision, and custody of patients consistent with nursing care and special treatment plans. The role works under a supervisor who outlines routine assignments and gives specific instructions for new or unusual work; work is reviewed for compliance with standards of care, policies, procedures, and instructions. The position usually has no supervisory responsibilities. The schedule is North 3, second shift, 3:00 PM–11:00 PM, with every other weekend and holiday required. Days off are to be determined, and the position is scheduled for 40 hours per week. The job is located in Burrillville. At appointment, the employee must be registered as a Nursing Assistant by the Rhode Island Department of Health and maintain that registration as a condition of employment. The state requires employees hired after September 30, 2014, to participate in direct deposit.
Requirements
- Working knowledge of patient-care practices, including first aid, housekeeping, personal needs, minor treatments, and infection control, and ability to apply that knowledge effectively to patient care, treatment, and custody.
- Ability to recognize each patient’s individual needs and apply principles of preventive, restorative, and rehabilitative care.
- Ability to perform routine hospital tasks involved in patient care and custody.
- Ability to understand and carry out simple oral and written instructions.
- Ability to maintain simple records.
- Education sufficient to ensure the ability to read, write, and speak English.
- Training or employment providing familiarity with routine hospital or clinical patient-care procedures, or a substantially equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At appointment, registration as a Nursing Assistant by the Rhode Island Department of Health, maintained as a condition of employment.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct care, treatment, supervision, and custody of patients consistent with nursing care and special treatment plans.
- Provide simple treatments, such as bandaging and administering enemas, and assist nurses with other minor treatments.
- Provide personal care, including baths, mouth care, perineal care, toileting, hair care, and shaving.
- Lift and transfer patients to and from beds, chairs, stretchers, and tubs using correct body mechanics and personal safety techniques.
- Make ward rounds, observe patients’ conditions, and report unusual occurrences and irregularities to a supervisor.
- Measure and record patients’ temperature, pulse, respirations, height, weight, and intake and output.
- Collect and label specimens.
- Transport or escort patients and assist with exercise and recreational activities.
- Maintain cleanliness and safety in patients’ immediate environments; make and change beds; and care for patients’ clothing and personal effects.
- Recognize and implement infection-control and disease-prevention measures, including those for tuberculosis, bloodborne pathogens, and standard and isolation precautions.
- Antiseptically clean toilets, bedpans, and other equipment used in patient care and treatment.
- Use comfort, safety, and restraint devices as required by policy.
- Provide patients with basic range-of-motion exercises.
- Assist with patient food service and feed patients who need assistance.
- Collaborate with professional staff and contribute to treatment planning and quality assurance activities.
- Perform related work as required.
Benefits
- Benefits are available to State of Rhode Island employees; details are provided on the Office of Employee Benefits website.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
