Certified Nursing Assistant - Stepdown - Weekend Option

Owensboro Health•Owensboro, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides direct patient care under the supervision of a nurse and works collaboratively with the care team in the Stepdown Unit at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. This full-time weekend-option role is 0.9 FTE (72 hours per pay period), with hours from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. and weekend requirements every weekend. The position supports a positive and safe patient experience through patient orientation, engagement, intentional rounding, communication, and accurate documentation. In collaboration with nursing staff, the CNA assists with personal care, collects patient information for nurse review, and supports patient needs while following organizational policies and standards. Depending on assigned duties, the role may also support telemetry monitoring, patient transfers and discharges, diet orders, supplies, transport, and other unit operations. Employees are expected to support Owensboro Health’s mission, vision, core commitments, and business interests; follow organizational policies and procedures; and act consistently with a culture of compliance, safety, and high reliability. The physical demands reflect clinical-hospital work and include frequent standing, walking, lifting or carrying lighter loads, pushing or pulling, bending, reaching, talking, hearing, and computer data entry. High-risk hazardous drug exposure is listed.

Requirements

No prior work experience required.
SRNA certification as a State Registered Nurse Assistant in Kentucky is required upon hire.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification as a Healthcare Provider is required within 90 days of employment in this position.
Requires critical-thinking skills and decisive judgment.
Must be able to work under minimal supervision and take appropriate action in a stressful environment.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma, General Equivalency Diploma (GED), or higher is preferred.

Responsibilities

Greet and orient new patients to the hospital environment, their room, and unit routines.
Create a positive patient experience by focusing on patient and visitor priorities.
Promote patient engagement by involving patients and/or significant others in handoffs and conducting intentional rounding to address needs and support a safe environment.
Provide regular updates to the patient-room care board.
Integrate error-prevention tools into daily routines to promote a culture of safety.
Collect patient data for review by a nurse and report abnormal findings.
Document patient progress toward goals accurately, completely, specifically, and promptly.
Assist nursing staff in identifying patients’ physical, psychosocial, age-specific, and cultural considerations.
Provide personal care with nursing staff according to organizational standards and policies.
As assigned, monitor the tube system and handle medication according to medication safe-handling practices.
As assigned, update diet orders and verify that tray deliveries meet diet requirements.
As assigned, electronically transfer patients into and out of the unit; facilitate direct admissions; complete discharges in the electronic medical record (EMR); assemble paper-lite charts; and assist with patient bed placement.
As assigned, arrange patient transport services.
As assigned, enter work orders and obtain supplies from materials.
As assigned, enter staff assignments into the Responder 5 System and verify staff have logged in and out.
As assigned, continuously observe EKG monitors for assigned patient groups and communicate cardiac rhythm changes to appropriate staff; interpret and document rhythm, heart rate, and appropriate measurements in the EMR.
As assigned, run telemetry strips when significant rhythm, rate, or conduction changes occur and/or according to policy, and scan appropriate strips into the EMR per policy.
As assigned, determine, review, and revise patient alarm settings based on physician orders and/or telemetry protocols and policies; troubleshoot alarms, monitors, batteries, and equipment problems.
Support Owensboro Health’s mission, vision, core commitments, and business interests; follow organizational policies and procedures; and perform work consistently with compliance, safety, and high-reliability expectations.