Full-time

BOUNDARY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL•Bonners Ferry, ID

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The HUC/CNA of the Extended Care Facility is responsible to perform both clinical and administrative duties of the nursing home. This role involves a combination of patient care and clerical tasks to ensure the smooth operation of the facility.

Requirements

High School diploma or GED equivalency required.
CNA Certificate required.
BLS Required within 30 days of hire.
Basic computer skills in Microsoft Word/Excel and Outlook required.
Operates copy machine and fax machine.
Keyboard at 40 wpm.
Previous experience answering multi-line telephone system.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
Ability to communicate in visual, audio and/or written form.

Nice To Haves

Medical terminology preferred.
Prefer experience working on Meditech 6.0.

Responsibilities

Perform clinical and administrative duties within the nursing home.
Complete requisitions, reports, and maintain records.
Accurately transcribe physicians' orders to Pharmacy, Kardexes, Laboratory, Radiology, Rehab. Services, Home Health, and others as needed.
Provide a safe, clean, and comfortable environment for patients.
Complete admission, discharge, and deceased resident paperwork.
Prioritize tasks and present problems to be handled during the shift.
Maintain patient's rights at all times.
Review charts to maintain physician orders, nurse's notes, and progress notes.
Write CNA assignments from the schedule to the "brain".
Develop BM list.
Receive and place confidential information with courtesy, accuracy, and respect.
Address patients, visitors, and co-workers in a pleasant, respectful manner.
Adhere to facility Personnel Policy Manual and Policy and Procedure Manuals.
Follow instructions from licensed nursing staff (RN's & LPN's).
Adhere to uniform and hygiene requirements.
React properly and follow correct policy and procedure in an emergency and/or disaster.
Order supplies bi-weekly.
Prepare weekly bath/shower schedules.
Print, edit, and file monthly resident flow records.
Process MAR's for billing on a monthly basis.
Print, send to pharmacist for signature, and file monthly drug regiment review.
Print, deliver for physician's signature, and file monthly physician's orders.
On a monthly basis, remove and file old RFR, MAR, and DRR.
Implement lab slips for monthly lab orders.
Provide monthly report to physicians for dates on progress notes.
Monthly ordering for Evergreen.
Print, edit, and deliver schedules to Extended Care Director of Nursing.
Monthly schedule updates.
Monthly CNA assignments for evenings and nights.
Monthly Kardex review.
Complete annual review and keep CPR certification and TB vaccine current.
Wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as situations require to maintain Infection Control standards.
Successfully deliver basic care needs for residents (personal hygiene, feeding, vital signs, transfers, repositioning, range of motion exercises, etc.).
Complete flow sheets and write brief statements.
Transfer patients to and from various locations (bed, wheelchair, chair, stretcher, examination table, commode, scales, floor).
Reposition patients as needed.
Provide team support to other residents in the unit as requested.
Provide direct care to partners' residents during breaks, lunches, and with difficult residents.
Complete all necessary documentation of care given on assigned residents.
Report all necessary/abnormal information about the patient to the charge nurse.
Follow instructions received from licensed staff (RN's, LPN's, Physicians).
Participate in code situations as chest compressor or recorder.
Address any questions or concerns regarding patient care with the charge nurse.
Make frequent visual checks (at least every 30 minutes) on assigned residents.
Monitor the physical environment of the ECF and notify charge nurse when necessary.
Precept new employees.
Maintain required education credits per facility policy.
Submit to COVID testing as required by CMS.
Assist in other areas as the need arises.
Perform other duties as delegated.