Certified Patient Care Assistant CNA CCO Float Team Days

Banner Health•Ottawa, OH

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Patient Care Assistant provides routine patient care to promote comfort and support the overall plan of care. The role includes ongoing patient data collection and documentation, assistance with activities of daily living, and unit support functions that contribute to efficient nursing department operations. The position works under supervision and is responsible for assigned units, interacting with patients, families, physicians, and staff throughout the facility in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful, customer-focused environment. This role is part of Clinical Care Operations, which provides relief staffing and other patient-management support across campus. The assistant may provide care throughout the facility, including 1:1 patient observation, and assist nursing staff with activities of daily living, ambulation, blood glucose monitoring, and EKGs. The position is a full-time day shift schedule of three 12-hour shifts, 6:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., in Casper, Wyoming.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent working knowledge.
Current BLS certification.
Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification in the state of practice for new hires and transfers.
Skills and abilities typically attained with one year of medical clerical experience, preferably in a hospital or physician office, or prior customer-service experience.
Excellent organizational, human-relations, and communication skills.
Working knowledge of medical terminology, computer literacy, and keyboarding skills.
Depending on department assignment, a passing score of at least 85% on an ECG or EEG test, with accurate identification of all lethal cardiac dysrhythmias and epileptiform activity.
Depending on department assignment, successful completion of a unit-approved basic electrocardiogram or electroencephalographic interpretation course, or on-the-job training.

Nice To Haves

Recent healthcare experience.
In Arizona, Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA) licensure.
Successful completion of an approved unit secretary program.
Additional related education and/or experience.

Responsibilities

Assist patients with activities of daily living, including hygiene, mobility, and nutritional intake.
Collect patient specimens and data, including vital signs, intake and output, and other delegated measurements; document objective data and routine care, and assist with specimen transportation.
Recognize and report changes or abnormalities in patients’ health status and responses to treatment to a licensed professional, and communicate patient status to other caregivers.
Perform delegated procedures and use equipment within demonstrated competencies and applicable scope of practice; procedures may include blood draws, Foley catheter removal, EKGs, and EKG monitoring.
Provide supplies and support to medical staff and patients during unit-specific procedures under direct supervision of a licensed professional.
Perform receptionist and clerical duties, support communication and information flow, and help resolve customer problems or direct them to the appropriate person.
Maintain patient records, including admission, transfer, discharge, progress-note, and consent documentation; scan or file reports and forms, and keep charting forms and patient education materials accessible.
Assist with ordering patient specimens and may transcribe and process physician orders in the electronic medical record.
Maintain office, dietary, and medical supplies; submit requisitions, reconcile delivered orders, and monitor electronic equipment such as patient ID scanners and laptop computers.
Depending on assignment, transport patients, including pre-operative and immediate post-operative patients to critical care, and participate in operating-room turnover.
May sit 1:1 with patients for observation and assist with ambulation, blood glucose monitoring, and EKGs.