Trainee

Cape Cod Healthcare•Falmouth, MA

18h

About The Position

Must be courteous to patients, customers, clients and other employees of the organization. Transports patients via wheelchairs and stretchers. Identify and locate needed accessories to facilitate transport. Vital signs, oxygen saturation, weights, and non-invasive specimen collection. Answering call lights. Making beds both empty and occupied. Turning and positioning patients, range of motion, ambulation, and toiletry. Assistance with all ADL's and complete care as needed. Setting up, assisting and educating patients, commodes, bedpans, urinals, sitz baths, walkers, wheelchairs, slings, knee mobilizes, knee immobilizers, trapeze, venodyne boots, crutches, specific precautions. Appropriate emptying and/or recording of all drainage devices. Setting up all equipment routinely used on their home base units. Preparing room for admission. Removal of linens. Light maintenance defined as not needing tools and within the patient rooms. Stocking of floor pantry. Answering telephone. Must wear facility provided identification badge. Performs other work-related duties and activities as assigned or requested by immediate supervisor. Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and co-workers in a manner that reflects Falmouth Hospital’s commitment to CARES: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service.

Requirements

Ability to read, write and communication in English
Must meet at least one of the following qualifications:
Successful completion of a Nursing Assistant Program
Successful completion of a Medical Assistant Program
Successful completion of an EMT Program
Successful completed of an LPN Program
Equivalent clinical Military experience
Completed at least one year of an accredited Nursing School Program
Successful completion of the Falmouth Hospital Nursing Assistant Will-Train or Trainee program
Current Basic Life Support Certification
Successful passage of CPI training within 6 months from hire and must maintain recertification annually

Responsibilities

Transport patients via wheelchairs and stretchers.
Identify and locate needed accessories to facilitate transport.
Vital signs, oxygen saturation, weights, and non-invasive specimen collection.
Answering call lights.
Making beds both empty and occupied.
Turning and positioning patients, range of motion, ambulation, and toiletry.
Assistance with all ADL's and complete care as needed.
Setting up, assisting and educating patients, commodes, bedpans, urinals, sitz baths, walkers, wheelchairs, slings, knee mobilizes, knee immobilizers, trapeze, venodyne boots, crutches, specific precautions.
Appropriate emptying and/or recording of all drainage devices.
Setting up all equipment routinely used on their home base units.
Preparing room for admission.
Removal of linens.
Light maintenance defined as not needing tools and within the patient rooms.
Stocking of floor pantry.
Answering telephone.
Must wear facility provided identification badge.
Performs other work-related duties and activities as assigned or requested by immediate supervisor.
Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and co-workers in a manner that reflects Falmouth Hospital’s commitment to CARES: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service.