CNA Telemetry
About The Position
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has a rich history of providing exceptional healthcare, dating back to 1891, and has expanded its reach and services across the Puget Sound area through strategic partnerships. As Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, the organization is committed to healing the whole person – body, mind, and spirit – in the communities it serves, offering a full spectrum of health care services through a network of 10 hospitals and nearly 300 care sites. The organization is recognized for pioneering medical advances and numerous awards. As a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), you will be a cornerstone of patient care, directly contributing to comfort, safety, and recovery by providing essential support under RN direction. This role involves delivering compassionate basic care, assisting with patient transport, and actively contributing to the patient's plan of care as a vital member of the interdisciplinary team, upholding the highest standards of conduct and patient well-being. Success in this role requires a dedicated spirit of service, strong communication skills, a meticulous approach to patient support, and an unwavering commitment to the mission of dignified, high-quality healthcare.
Requirements
- Completion of an accredited Nursing Assistant program, upon hire
- Military medical specialty training, upon hire
- Certified Nursing Assistant: WA, upon hire
- Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
Nice To Haves
- Six months related work experience
- Experience in a hospital setting
Responsibilities
- Provides patient personal care/hygiene and physical comfort, including feeding, bathing, shaving, changing clothes, bed making, ambulation, lifting, turning, moving, transferring, skin care and bowel/bladder elimination.
- Provides such additional care as required to meet the personal primary needs and comfort of assigned patient based on skill, ability, limitations of scope of practice and patient acuity.
- Prepares patient, equipment and supplies for specific procedures/examinations.
- Performs, monitors, reports and documents all clinical activities within scope of practice.
- Observes and reports changes in patient condition to the RN.
- Obtains labels and transports a variety of samples (e.g. urine, stool, sputum specimens and blood products).
- Provides patient information to nursing staff for inclusion in the interdisciplinary plan of care; documents relevant patient data in accordance with work unit standards.
- Assists nursing staff in the admission, discharge and transfer of patient by performing activities such as inventory/storing patient belongings, providing patient with relevant personal care/comfort items, orienting patient/family and transporting patient to room or other location using wheelchairs, stretchers or patient bed.
- Maintains a neat and organized work environment.
- Orders, stocks and replenishes supplies and equipment as necessary, identifies and reports problems with supplies or equipment; enters equipment repair request in system, tags equipment and removes from service.
- Maintains a safe work and patient environment, adhering to the hospital’s Safety, Risk Management, Regulatory Standards and infection prevention.
- Participates in quality assurance/improvement initiatives and activities as requested.
- Participates in growth opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
