CNA

Covenant Health • Tazewell, TN

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant works in the Medical Surgical Unit as a direct patient caregiver, performing tasks to assist registered nurses. The role provides hands-on care, assistance with activities of daily living, and specified technical tasks for a group of patients under the supervision of the Team Leader. The position is PRN/OCC on the night shift at Claiborne Medical Center, a member of Covenant Health offering emergency, surgical, rehabilitation, diagnostic, skilled-care, and long-term-care services.

The CNA supports patient comfort and safety, records vital signs and measurements, assists with mobility, nutrition, hygiene, and other care needs, and performs technical tasks within their training. The role also requires documentation, communication of significant changes to the RN, adherence to infection-control and safety policies, and willingness to serve as a sitter for patients requiring full-time supervision.

Requirements

• Tennessee CNA licensure is required upon hire. Out-of-state hires must have the Tennessee CNA license in process, as reflected on the state website, upon hire.
• CPR certification is required.
• Must be able to operate a computer.
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to read with comprehension, write legibly, and perform basic arithmetic computations.
• Must understand and have knowledge of patient care that may appropriately be delegated to nursing assistants.
• Must be trained and willing to function in a sitter capacity for patients requiring full-time hospital supervision.

Nice To Haves

• Hospital experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of medical terminology is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Take and record temperature, pulse, respiration rates, blood pressures, weights, heights, and intake-output measurements.
• Encourage patients to turn, cough, breathe deeply, and use incentive spirometry as specified by the Plan of Care.
• Ambulate patients and assist them in and out of bed, into wheelchairs, and with transport when necessary.
• Attend to patients’ nutritional needs, including distributing meal trays, feeding patients, and filling and distributing water pitchers.
• Provide morning or evening care, including bathing, oral hygiene, hair care, back care, dressing, changing bed linens, cleaning bedside surfaces, straightening rooms, and other supportive care as needed.
• Empty drains, canisters, urine bags, bedpans, and emesis basins, and record intake and output.
• Help maintain a safe environment, report malfunctioning equipment, handle linen appropriately, and store supplies.
• Provide general care, including positioning, lifting, and turning patients; assisting with bedpans, urinals, or commodes; preoperative supportive care; and applying or removing abdominal binders, anti-embolism stockings, and sequential compression devices.
• Empty and clean ostomy bags according to procedure.
• Collect urine, stool, and sputum specimens as ordered.
• Perform range-of-motion tasks and assist with ambulatory devices as specified in patients’ plans of care.
• Perform phlebotomy after additional training, including labeling samples with two patient identifiers and maintaining, rotating, and restocking lab-draw supplies.
• Perform EKGs after special training.
• Promptly answer patient call lights and respond to patient requests.
• Report significant changes in patients’ conditions to the RN.
• Help maintain clean and orderly patient and work environments.
• Follow infection-control policies, including standard precautions, transmission-based isolation precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures, and proper body mechanics.
• Document and maintain patient records as appropriate.
• Gather equipment for oxygen setup and check oxygen connections and placement.
• Check that equipment at the patient bedside is functioning properly.
• Ambulate patients receiving oxygen.
• Set up suction equipment and check that it functions properly.
• Demonstrate knowledge and competency in meeting age-specific needs of the population served and perform skills on the Nursing Assistant checklist.
• Follow policies, procedures, and safety standards; complete required annual education; work toward goals and objectives; and participate in quality-improvement initiatives as requested.
• Train and be willing to function as a sitter for patients who need full-time hospital supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed