CNA - PRN

The Hospital Authority of Miller County•Colquitt, GA

About The Position

Assist professional nursing personnel in providing patient care in assigned areas. This PRN position requires a minimum of two shifts per month. The CNA supports patient safety, comfort, hygiene, documentation, and communication with nursing staff across infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient groups. The role also includes following hospital and departmental policies, infection-control practices, patient-rights and confidentiality requirements, and organizational standards for professionalism and guest relations.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Current Certified Nursing Assistant certification in the State of Georgia for Long Term Care Facilities.
Current Basic Cardiac Life Support certification within three months of hire.
Ability to communicate in English verbally and in writing.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Basic computer skills.
Ability to hear alarms, telephone, and normal speaking voice; near-normal hearing is required.
Near-normal vision, including near and far clarity and ability to distinguish colors.
Good manual dexterity and eye-hand-foot coordination.
Ability to perform repetitive tasks and motions.
Ability to stand and walk continuously during a shift; bend or stoop, push or pull, and lift or carry up to 20 pounds frequently.
Ability to lift or carry more than 20 pounds with assistance frequently and more than 50 pounds with assistance occasionally.
Ability to sit, climb, twist at the waist, and reach above shoulder occasionally.
Maintain patient confidentiality, follow patient-safety and fall-risk procedures, and perform duties in accordance with organizational policies and standards.

Nice To Haves

Additional language skills are preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist professional nursing personnel in providing patient care in assigned areas.
Consult with the supervisor and keep them informed about unit activities, needs, and patient-care concerns.
Follow established nursing standards, departmental policies and procedures, quality-assurance requirements, safety practices, and infection-control procedures.
Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe environment for patients and personnel; assess rooms and unit areas for unsafe or unsanitary conditions and correct or report hazards.
Use supplies and equipment efficiently, charge appropriately, and identify and promptly report malfunctioning equipment.
Support patients’ age-specific physical, psychosocial, and educational needs, including providing reassurance, privacy, family support, and understandable explanations as appropriate.
Greet and orient patients to their rooms; obtain admission vital signs, height, and weight within 15 minutes, and recheck vital signs every four hours or as ordered or instructed by a nurse.
Record weights accurately and report changes; communicate patient-care needs, changes, abnormal findings, and significant vital-sign changes to the primary nurse or Charge Nurse.
Meet patients’ general hygiene needs, perform ostomy care and catheter peri care, and document care as required.
Monitor and record urine output, collect urine specimens for urinalysis and culture and sensitivity, and notify the nurse of inadequate output.
Monitor prescribed diets and nutritional supplements, observe elimination patterns, and provide appropriate safety measures and environmental comfort for geriatric patients.
Perform hand hygiene before and after patient contact; follow Universal Precautions, CDC hand-hygiene guidance, and biomedical and hazardous-waste disposal procedures.
Explain procedures and treatments to patients or significant others and verify identity using two patient identifiers.
Observe for adverse reactions to therapies or diagnostic procedures; report gastric output characteristics and signs of possible abuse to the nurse or Charge Nurse as appropriate.
Provide post-mortem care and report patient status accurately when transferring responsibility of care.
Participate in the hospital risk-management program by promptly reporting untoward events, abnormal findings, and safety concerns.
Maintain patient rights and confidentiality, follow privacy policies, and communicate respectfully and tactfully with patients, families, coworkers, and other health-team members.
Foster teamwork, respond promptly and helpfully to requests, and cooperate with other personnel and departments.
Report for scheduled shifts on time and prepared, wear proper attire and identification, use the computerized time clock correctly, and follow attendance and absence-reporting procedures.
Vary work schedules and work overtime when requested and appropriately approved to meet staffing needs; follow supervisory approval procedures for vacation scheduling.
Attend staff meetings, mandatory in-services, annual reviews or skills fairs, and continuing-education programs; complete required competencies and document continuing education.
Accrue 12 hours of continuing education per year as policy states.
Follow the Code of Conduct, organizational policies, ethical business practices, and guest-relations standards; communicate the organization’s mission and provide professional, friendly service.
Perform other duties as required; duties and responsibilities may change.