CNA

Covenant Health•Knoxville, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant in the Float Pool provides direct patient care and assists registered nurses with hands-on care, activities of daily living, and specified technical tasks for a group of patients under the supervision of the Team Leader. The CNA may also serve as a sitter for patients who need full-time supervision in the hospital. The role is at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, a 444-bed hospital and part of Covenant Health, East Tennessee’s largest nonprofit health system.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Hospital experience is preferred.
Medical terminology knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

Measure and record vital signs, weights, heights, and intake and output.
Encourage patients to turn, cough, breathe deeply, and use incentive spirometry as specified in the plan of care.
Ambulate patients and assist them with transfers, mobility, and use of wheelchairs or other transport.
Support patients’ nutritional needs, including distributing meal trays, feeding, and providing water pitchers.
Provide morning or evening care, including bathing, oral hygiene, grooming, dressing, bed-linen changes, and other supportive care.
Empty drains, canisters, urine bags, bedpans, and emesis basins, and record intake and output.
Help maintain a safe environment, report malfunctioning equipment, and handle linen and supplies appropriately.
Position, lift, and turn patients; assist with bedpan, urinal, or commode use; provide preoperative supportive care; and apply or remove 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 exercises and assist with ambulatory devices as specified in patients’ plans of care.
Perform phlebotomy after additional training, including correct labeling with two patient identifiers and maintaining, rotating, and restocking lab-draw supplies.
Perform EKGs after special training.
Answer patient call lights promptly and respond to patient requests.
Report significant changes in patients’ conditions to the RN.
Maintain clean and orderly patient and work environments.
Follow infection-control policies, standard and transmission-based precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures, and proper body mechanics.
Document and maintain patient records as appropriate.
Gather oxygen setup equipment and check connections, placement, and equipment function; ambulate patients with oxygen.
Set up suction equipment and check that it functions properly.
Demonstrate competency in age-specific care and skills on the Nursing Assistant checklist.
Follow policies, procedures, and safety standards; complete annual education assignments; and participate in quality-improvement initiatives as requested.
Train and be willing to serve as a sitter for patients requiring full-time hospital supervision.
Perform other duties as assigned.