CNA

Covenant Health•Crossville, TN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant works in the Intermediate Care Unit at Cumberland Medical Center, providing direct patient care and assisting registered nurses under the supervision of the Team Leader. The role includes hands-on care, assistance with activities of daily living, specified technical tasks, and serving as a sitter for patients who need full-time supervision in the hospital. Cumberland Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Crossville, Tennessee, and part of Covenant Health. It offers private patient rooms and services including cardiology, orthopedics, maternity, cancer treatment, wound care, emergency and critical care, surgery, imaging, cardiac rehabilitation, sleep disorder care, and hyperbaric medicine.

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 is required.
Must be able to operate a computer and possess excellent interpersonal skills.
Must be able to read with comprehension, write legibly, and perform basic arithmetic.
Must understand patient care that may appropriately be delegated to nursing assistants.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Measure and record vital signs, height, weight, 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 to or from beds and wheelchairs, including when oxygen is in use.
Attend to nutritional needs, including distributing meal trays, feeding patients, and providing water pitchers.
Provide morning or evening care, including bathing, oral hygiene, grooming, dressing, 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, handle linen appropriately, and store supplies.
Position, lift, and turn patients; assist with bedpans, urinals, commodes, preoperative supportive care, 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 the plan 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.
Promptly answer call lights 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, check connections and placement, check equipment function at the bedside, and set up and check suction equipment.
Demonstrate competency in age-specific care and 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.
Be trained and willing to serve as a sitter for patients requiring full-time hospital supervision.
Perform other duties as assigned.