CNA - Med/SURG

CASS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER • Harrisonville, MO

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Primary Purpose: To provide quality patient care by assisting the providers, RN, or LPN. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Medical terminology and normal patient vital signs.
• Organization, problem-solving, computer skills, customer service, written and verbal communication skills.
• High school education required.
• CNA license, have completed first semester of nursing school program or have an unlicensed assistive personnel equivalency required.
• BLS required within 90 day of hire.

Responsibilities

• Assists in implementation of plan of care for all assigned patients daily.
• Assists with activities of daily living throughout shift.
• Assists patients with activity order as prescribed by provider each shift.
• Obtains vital signs/weights on assigned patients as ordered daily.
• Reports any abnormal findings to team leader immediately.
• Assists staff nurses and/or providers on each shift.
• Ensures patients have fresh water throughout shift, if provider orders allow.
• Ensures each patient has an identification bracelet upon admission to the unit and upon bands being removed.
• Updates white boards each shift.
• Utilizing the ‘AIDET’ (Acknowledge, Introduction, Duration, Explain, Thank) model, conducts an appropriate introduction, reviews the plan of care, mutually sets attainable patient goals.
• Bedside report and patient rounding to occur every shift between oncoming and off-going staff.
• Attends unit staff meetings (3) 80% or greater, (2) 50-80%, (1) less than 50% annually.
• Maintains a safe and comfortable unit.
• Keeps patient rooms and hallway free of clutter daily.
• Ensures alarms on any assigned areas are audible to alert staff, each shift.
• Removes malfunctioning equipment from the direct patient care area immediately upon discovering a problem.
• Completes a requisition for repair and sends electronic work request before the end of the shift, pass on any issues to the next shift for follow up and provides a copy to the manager before the end of shift.
• Utilizes correct patient identification by the hospital approved, two methods, for positive patient identification.
• Acts rapidly and calmly during emergencies.
• Demonstrates accountability to the nursing process through documentation.
• Utilizes only approved abbreviations in patient care documentation each shift.
• Documentation follows hospital and departmental policies for frequency and content.
• Develops and promotes performance improvement initiatives.
• Plans, develops and evaluates self-objectives, annually.
• Participates in planning ways to solve problems and make improvements in the Medical Surgical unit, quarterly, and as needed.
• Participates in implementing planned changes and activities to improve the Medical Surgical unit quarterly, and as needed.
• Evaluate planned changes and activities to improve the Medical Surgical unit, quarterly, and as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED