CNA - Flex Team - FT .9 Days

Sky Lakes Medical Center•Klamath Falls, OR

About The Position

The CNA provides patient care and performs authorized procedures and activities of daily living appropriate to each patient’s age, developmental level, and condition. The role supports safe, organized unit operations by completing observations, documenting care, maintaining patient rooms and public areas, and communicating promptly with patients, families, and clinical staff. The CNA works within OSBN-authorized limitations and hospital policy, while respecting patient dignity, confidentiality, and cultural and spiritual practices.

Requirements

Current Oregon CNA certification.
Ability to chart using accepted medical terminology, symbols, and abbreviations.
Ability to spell correctly.
Ability to follow universal precautions for infection control.
Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships and communicate clearly in writing and speech.
Flexibility and ability to function as a team member in a multitask-oriented environment.
Ability to maintain and enforce confidentiality and respect the rights of patients, families, and peers.
Ability to withstand constant walking and standing, lifting at least 50 pounds, pushing and pulling regulation hospital equipment, and occasional sitting.
Ability to function during periods of stress and exposure to trauma or disease, with the requisite visual, auditory, and fine motor skills.

Responsibilities

Follow department procedures for receiving and giving change-of-shift reports.
Make rounds on all assigned patients immediately after receiving report.
Distribute linens and supplies and maintain tidiness of patient rooms and on-stage public areas.
Take full sets of vital signs and other authorized observations as instructed by the RN or unit policy; document results promptly and accurately, and immediately report significant readings or changes to the RN.
Perform authorized procedures and assist patients with activities of daily living appropriate to their age, developmental level, and condition.
Manage time effectively for assigned tasks.
Interact professionally with patients, medical staff, colleagues, and patients’ families or significant others.
Ensure written communication is accurate, complete, legible, correctly channeled, and timely.
Answer telephone and patient calls promptly and courteously; take accurate telephone messages and follow up verbally or in writing in a timely manner.
Report absences from the unit and expected return times to the assigned RN and Charge Nurse.
Maintain patient and employee dignity and confidentiality.
Maintain a professional appearance and dress, and wear a name badge according to hospital policy.
Think and act appropriately within OSBN-authorized limitations and hospital policy.
Provide patient care and perform tasks using job skills and knowledge of growth and development specific to patients’ age and developmental level.
Demonstrate awareness of patients’ cultural and spiritual practices while performing job tasks.
Perform other duties as assigned.