Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - General Medicine FT, Days

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 includes collecting, monitoring, and documenting patient information; maintaining patient confidentiality; using safe patient-handling practices; reporting observations and changes in patient status to the RN; and keeping patient environments neat and clean. The position is in the General Medicine department at Greenville Memorial Hospital and works day shift.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

Assist patients with activities of daily living.
Turn and reposition patients, independently or with assistance; transport patients and assist them with walking as needed.
Assist with fall-prevention interventions and patient restraints as delegated.
Provide delegated patient care, 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 the data in the medical record.
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 an RN, and report lab values to the RN.
Provide and document comfort measures and non-pharmacological pain management.
Maintain patient confidentiality and a neat, clean patient environment, and use safe patient-handling practices.
Perform other duties as assigned.