CNA Medical Surgical
About The Position
As a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), you will provide essential patient care and support under RN direction, contributing to patients’ comfort, safety, and recovery. You will deliver compassionate basic care, assist with patient transport, and participate in the patient’s plan of care as part of an interdisciplinary team. Responsibilities include providing personal care and hygiene, supporting physical comfort and mobility, preparing patients and supplies for procedures, and performing, monitoring, reporting, and documenting clinical activities within scope of practice. You will observe and report changes in patient condition to the RN, collect and transport samples, and provide relevant patient information to nursing staff. You will also assist with patient admissions, discharges, and transfers; maintain an organized work area and necessary supplies and equipment; report equipment problems; and help maintain a safe environment in compliance with safety, regulatory, risk management, and infection prevention standards. The role participates in quality improvement activities and growth opportunities.
Requirements
- Completion of an accredited Nursing Assistant program upon hire, or military medical specialty training.
- Washington Certified Nursing Assistant certification upon hire.
- Basic Life Support CPR upon hire.
Nice To Haves
- Six months of related work experience.
- Experience in a hospital setting.
Responsibilities
- Provide personal care and hygiene, including feeding, bathing, shaving, changing clothes, bed making, ambulation, lifting, turning, moving, transferring, skin care, and bowel and bladder elimination.
- Provide additional care to meet assigned patients’ primary personal needs and comfort, consistent with skills, abilities, scope-of-practice limitations, and patient acuity.
- Prepare patients, equipment, and supplies for procedures and examinations.
- Perform, monitor, report, and document clinical activities within scope of practice.
- Observe patients and report changes in their condition to the RN.
- Obtain labels and transport samples, including urine, stool, sputum specimens, and blood products.
- Provide patient information to nursing staff for inclusion in the interdisciplinary plan of care and document relevant patient data according to work-unit standards.
- Assist nursing staff with patient admissions, discharges, and transfers, including managing belongings, providing personal care and comfort items, orienting patients and families, and transporting patients.
- Maintain a neat and organized work environment; order, stock, and replenish supplies and equipment as needed.
- Identify and report supply or equipment problems, enter equipment repair requests, tag equipment, and remove it from service.
- Maintain a safe work and patient environment and comply with hospital safety, risk management, regulatory, and infection prevention standards.
- Participate in quality assurance and improvement initiatives and activities as requested.
- Participate in growth opportunities.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
