Nurse Assistant, Certified (CNA) - Flexstaff
About The Position
Provides patients with assistance in performing the activities of daily living. Assists the health care team in ensuring patient safety. This includes preparing patients for meals, assisting with feeding, and maintaining personal hygiene. The role also involves accurately measuring and recording vital signs, collecting specimens, and reporting any changes in patient condition to the registered nurse. Responsibilities extend to preventative skin care, constant observation for patients requiring increased security, and responding promptly to patient needs and emergencies. The Nurse Assistant functions effectively within the organizational structure, accepts assignments, and participates as an integral part of the nursing team.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
- Successful completion of a Nurse Assistant Program, required.
- Certified by New York State Department of Health; maintains standing in State Nurse Assistant Registry, required.
- Minimum of one (1) year of direct patient care experience in a Hospital, Rehab, or Sub-Acute facility, required.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively
Nice To Haves
- Heart Saver Certification, preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provides patients with assistance in performing the activities of daily living.
- Provides equipment/supplies for and appropriately assists patients with oral and personal hygiene.
- Prepares patients for meals/ snacks/ liquids and assists with feeding, as needed.
- Assists in health care team’s physical/psychological assessment of patient.
- Accurately measures and records patient’s temperature/pulse/respiration (TPR), blood pressure, height, weight, intake/output and bowel movement, as appropriate.
- Collects required specimens; eg., urine, feces, sputum.
- Reports any observable changes in patient’s condition, treatment results, and/or patient/family concerns to the registered professional nurse.
- Performs Grade I decubitus care.
- Performs preventative skin care measures including turning, positioning and heel evaluation techniques, at appropriate intervals; applies warm and cold compresses, consistent with facility procedure; applies skin cream appropriately.
- Provides constant observation for patients requiring increased security to prevent harmful behavior.
- Participates in health care team’s responsibility to assure patient safety.
- Promptly responds to any patient’s call bell and/or emergency light.
- Recognizes unsafe acts/conditions and corrects and/or reports same, as appropriate.
- Demonstrates appropriate use of side rails, restraints, gerichair and appropriately positions patients.
- Appropriately transports patients.
- Appropriately responds to fire, evacuation, and internal/external emergencies and drills.
- Functions effectively within organizational structure.
- Reports to nursing supervisor or designee and accepts assignment and seeks clarification, as needed.
- Carries out assignments.
- Reports patient care observations and findings to RN regularly.
- Participates as an integral part of the nursing team.
- Performs related duties, as required.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
