CNA - Med Surg Services - FT .9 DAYS

Sky Lakes Medical Center

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time position (.9 FTE) for a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in Med Surg Services, working day shifts. The role involves providing direct patient care, monitoring vital signs, assisting with daily living activities, and maintaining patient and unit tidiness. The CNA will communicate effectively with patients, families, and the healthcare team, ensuring patient dignity and confidentiality. The position requires adherence to department procedures, accurate documentation, and participation in specific program education and competencies, such as hip and knee certification.

Requirements

Ability to chart using accepted medical terminology symbols, and abbreviations.
Ability to spell correctly.
Follow universal precautions for infection control.
Establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships.
Communicate clearly in written and spoken word.
Demonstrates flexibility and the ability to function as a team member in a multi-task oriented environment.
Maintain and enforce confidentiality and respect patient, family, and peer rights.
Current Oregon CNA certification.

Nice To Haves

Meets clinical competencies of hip and knee certification program in order to directly care for a Hip and Knee patient.

Responsibilities

Follows department procedures for receiving and giving change of shift report.
Makes rounds on all assigned patients immediately after report.
Maintains tidiness of patient rooms and public areas.
Takes full set of vital signs and other allowed observations per instructions of the RN and documents results promptly and accurately.
Immediately reports significant vital signs and/or changes in vital signs to RN.
Performs authorized procedures and assists patients with activities of daily living as appropriate for age, developmental level, and condition.
Demonstrates effective time management for assigned tasks.
Demonstrates professionalism during all levels of interaction with patients, medical staff, colleagues, and patient families/significant others.
Ensures written communication is accurate, complete, legible, and channeled correctly in a timely manner.
Answers telephone and patient calls promptly and courteously using proper etiquette.
Takes accurate telephone messages and follows up on all calls in a timely manner.
Reports absences from unit and return time to assigned RN and Charge Nurse.
Maintains the dignity and confidentiality of patients and employees at all times.
Consistently maintains a professional appearance and dress, wearing name badge at all times.
Inspires confidence from patients, visitors, and coworkers by performing in a quiet and unhurried manner.
Provides patient care and performs tasks using job skills and growth and development knowledge specific to patient’s age and developmental level.
Demonstrates awareness of cultural and spiritual practices of customers while performing job tasks.
Completes required hours of orthopedic education topics annually as directed by the Ortho Steering team for the Hip and Knee program certification.
Meets clinical competencies of hip and knee certification program in order to directly care for a Hip and Knee patient.
Performs other duties as assigned.