Certified Nursing Assistant-M/S Cardiac

Kaweah Health•Visalia, CA

5d•$20 - $31

About The Position

Under the direction of a registered nurse, the Certified Nursing Assistant provides holistic care to patients and families. The role supports nursing staff with delegated tasks and helps meet patients’ personal care, comfort, safety, and daily living needs. The position is in the Medical-Surgical Cardiac department and is full-time, benefit-eligible, with a 12-hour night shift. The assistant observes and reports changes in patients’ conditions, needs, and concerns to licensed staff; responds to call lights; assists with admission, transfer, and discharge; and provides support with meals, hygiene, mobility, toileting, and other activities of daily living. The role also includes collecting and documenting delegated measurements and specimens, maintaining a clean and safe environment, documenting care in the EMR, and assisting during emergencies, including Code Blue responses. The role requires current California Certified Nursing Assistant certification and HeartSaver AED certification. Kaweah Health-approved crisis intervention training must be completed within 60 days of hire or transfer. Pay range: $20.38–$30.57.

Requirements

Current California Certified Nursing Assistant certification.
HeartSaver AED certification.
Complete Kaweah Health-approved crisis intervention training within 60 days of hire or transfer.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills appropriate to the patient population served, including cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, developmental, and age-specific needs.

Responsibilities

Report variances in patients’ conditions and specific patient or family needs, concerns, and activity changes to licensed staff.
Refer complaints and problems immediately to licensed staff or the department manager.
Answer assigned patient call lights within two minutes.
Greet patients and family members professionally, identify oneself by name and job category, and assist patients with their needs as assigned.
Participate actively in achieving quality patient care and maintain confidentiality regarding patient care.
Follow current policies and procedures, including safety and infection-control requirements; maintain required certifications and perform tasks safely.
Assist nursing staff with tasks delegated by the registered nurse.
Assist with toileting, including emptying bedpans and drainage containers, and report variations in output to the registered nurse.
Assist with patient admission, transfer, and discharge.
Orient patients to their rooms, including call lights and storage of belongings.
Assist patients with meals, snacks, and water pitchers.
Assist with activities of daily living, including bathing, ambulation, and oral care.
Collect and record intake and output, weight, height, and vital signs as delegated by the registered nurse; collect respiratory rate through direct observation.
Collect, label, and deliver specimens.
Provide post-mortem care and assist with transporting bodies to the morgue.
Assist with emergency care, including crash-cart checks, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and Code Blue response.
Handle patients’ personal property with care.
Maintain a well-groomed, professional appearance in accordance with HR.107, Professional Appearance Guidelines; wear a watch with timing capabilities as a required uniform component.
Maintain a clean, safe, and neat patient environment.
Document care in the EMR as soon as possible after it is provided.
Demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to provide appropriate care and services to the population served, including awareness of patients’ and families’ cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, developmental, and age-specific needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.
For Float Pool-General Nursing assignments, float throughout the district according to shift needs.
For Transitional Care Unit or Subacute assignments as a Restorative Nurse Assistant, support residents’ highest level of physical functioning through activities such as mobility training, range of motion, and splinting under registered nurse supervision.
For Pediatrics assignments, perform unit secretary duties.
For Cardiovascular Center, CVICU, and CVICCU assignments, handle syringes and needles for restocking in secured areas; check and document medication storage temperatures; report out-of-range temperatures; access the medication room for necessary supplies and equipment; maintain medication room security; and report concerns.
For Obstetrics assignments, stock IV and irrigation fluids in locked supply drawers on the mother/baby unit.
For CVICU assignments, perform phlebotomy duties if certified.