CNA Telemetry
About The Position
As a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), you will support patient comfort, safety, and recovery under RN direction. You will provide basic care, assist with patient transport, and contribute to each patient’s plan of care as a member of an interdisciplinary team. The role includes personal care and hygiene, physical comfort, preparing patients and supplies for procedures, and performing, monitoring, reporting, and documenting clinical activities within the CNA scope of practice. You will observe and report changes in patient condition to the RN, transport specimens and blood products, and provide relevant patient information to nursing staff. You will also assist with patient admissions, discharges, and transfers; maintain an organized work environment and needed supplies; report equipment problems; and follow safety, risk-management, regulatory, and infection-prevention standards. Participation in quality-improvement activities and growth opportunities is expected.
Requirements
- Completion of an accredited Nursing Assistant program upon hire, or military medical specialty training upon hire.
- Washington Certified Nursing Assistant credential upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) certification upon hire.
Nice To Haves
- Six months of related work experience.
- Experience in a hospital setting.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient 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 needs and comfort, consistent with skill, ability, scope-of-practice limitations, and patient acuity.
- Prepare patients, equipment, and supplies for procedures and examinations.
- Perform, monitor, report, and document clinical activities within the scope of practice.
- Observe and report changes in patient condition to the RN.
- Obtain labels and transport specimens, including urine, stool, and sputum, as well as blood products.
- Provide patient information to nursing staff for 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 handling 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.
- 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 follow safety, risk-management, regulatory, and infection-prevention standards.
- Participate in quality-assurance and improvement activities and growth opportunities as requested.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
