CNA

Covenant Health • Tazewell, TN

25d • Onsite

About The Position

The CNA is a direct patient caregiver on the Medical Surgical Unit, performing hands-on care, activities of daily living, and specified technical tasks for a group of patients under the supervision of the Team Leader. The position is PRN/OCC on the night shift at Claiborne Medical Center, a member of Covenant Health that provides emergency care, surgery, rehabilitation, diagnostic services, and skilled and long-term care.

The CNA supports registered nurses by providing patient care, monitoring and documenting measurements, assisting with mobility and nutrition, maintaining a safe and clean environment, and reporting significant changes in patient condition. The role also includes equipment setup and checks, specimen collection, and other trained duties. The CNA must be willing to serve as a sitter for patients requiring full-time supervision and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Tennessee CNA licensure is required upon hire. Out-of-state hires must have a Tennessee CNA license in process, as reflected on the state website, upon hire.
• CPR certification is required.
• Must be able to operate a computer and have excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to read with comprehension, write legibly, and perform basic arithmetic computations.
• Must understand and have knowledge of patient care that may appropriately be delegated to nursing assistants.
• Must be trained and willing to function in a sitter capacity for patients requiring full-time supervision.

Nice To Haves

• Hospital experience preferred.
• Medical terminology is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Take and record temperature, pulse, respiration rates, blood pressures, weights, heights, and intake-output measurements.
• Encourage patients to turn, cough, breathe deeply, and use incentive spirometry as specified by the Plan of Care.
• Ambulate patients and assist them in and out of bed, into wheelchairs, and with transport when necessary.
• Attend to patients’ nutritional needs, including distributing meal trays, feeding, and providing water pitchers.
• Provide morning or evening care, including bathing, oral hygiene, grooming, back care, dressing, changing bed linen, and other supportive care as needed.
• Empty drains, canisters, urine bags, bedpans, and emesis basins, and record intake and output.
• Help maintain a safe environment, report equipment that is out of order, handle linen appropriately, and store supplies.
• Provide general care, including positioning, lifting, and turning patients; assisting with bedpan, urinal, or commode use; preoperative supportive care; and applying or removing abdominal binders, anti-embolism stockings, and sequential compression devices.
• Empty and clean ostomy bags according to procedure.
• Collect urine, stool, and sputum specimens as ordered.
• Perform range-of-motion tasks and assist with ambulatory devices as specified by the patient’s Plan of Care.
• Perform phlebotomy after additional training, including correct labeling using two patient identifiers and maintaining, rotating, and restocking lab-draw supplies.
• Perform EKGs after special training.
• Promptly answer patient call lights and respond to patient requests.
• Report significant changes in patients’ conditions to the RN.
• Help maintain clean and orderly patient and work environments.
• Follow infection-control policies, including standard and transmission-based precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures, and proper body mechanics.
• Document and maintain patient records as appropriate.
• Gather equipment for oxygen setup, check connections and placement, and check proper functioning of equipment at the bedside.
• Ambulate patients with oxygen.
• Set up suction equipment and check that it functions properly.
• Demonstrate knowledge and competency in meeting age-specific needs of the population served and perform skills on the Nursing Assistant checklist.
• Follow policies, procedures, and safety standards; complete required annual education assignments; work toward goals and objectives; and participate in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Be trained and willing to function as a sitter for patients who need full-time hospital supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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