7W WVU-Clinical Associate-Nursing Assistant -27006

WVU Medicine

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Performs direct and indirect patient care activities under the supervision of a registered professional nurse. Assists in providing high-quality, cost-effective care by performing delegated tasks and proactively interacts with patients, families, and other customers to support a family-centered experience. This role provides basic physical care and assistance with activities of daily living; safely transports patients, specimens, and other items; performs assigned tests and routine phlebotomy where authorized; obtains and records patient measurements; and supports respiratory care, examinations, procedures, and basic rehabilitation activities. The Nursing Assistant observes and promptly reports patient concerns or changes in condition to a registered nurse. The position also supports a clean and safe patient-care environment, maintains unit equipment, assists with routine unit operations and communications, responds to calls and messages, completes errands, and removes out-of-date items. Work is scheduled for 20 hours per week on the day shift at WVUH West Virginia University Hospitals in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Obtain Basic Life Support or HeartSaver First Aid certification within 30 days of hire.
Demonstrated competency in using Safe Patient Handling equipment.
Excellent communication skills and a strong customer-service orientation.
Ability to handle multiple simultaneous demands.
Good time-management skills.
Ability to perform heavy/hard work requiring strength or stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, and walking; handle materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds; and push or pull carts weighing up to 200 pounds.
Ability to sit, walk, or stand for prolonged periods.
Patient transfers, lifts, and repositioning must use lift equipment or other patient-handling aids as indicated by the patient’s profile and applicable algorithms; the job description cites a recommendation to limit safe patient handling to 35 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Prior patient-care experience.

Responsibilities

Assist with direct patient care and basic physical care to promote patient comfort as directed by the Registered Nurse.
Assist assigned patients with activities of daily living in a timely manner, including making assigned beds.
Safely transport patients to tests and procedures and escort patients for discharge, following WVUH’s Safe Patient Handling Policy.
Transport specimens and other items throughout the facility.
Perform assigned tests, such as glucose monitoring and urine and stool testing, and maintain quality-control tests and logs according to department policy. CNAs on the Subacute Unit may not perform glucose monitoring.
Perform routine phlebotomy services, excluding line draws, in departments designated by management.
Obtain and record assigned patient temperatures, pulse rates, respiratory rates, blood pressures, intake and output, weights, and abdominal girths according to departmental policy.
Set up equipment needed for oxygen administration and encourage use of the Incentive Spirometer according to Respiratory Care procedure.
Immediately observe and report patient concerns and changes in condition to a registered nurse.
Prepare patients for examinations and diagnostic procedures and assist physicians and registered nurses with examinations and procedures.
Assist with basic rehabilitation and physical therapy activities, including active and passive range of motion and ambulation.
Communicate nutrition concerns to the RN, including poor appetite or a patient’s stated lack of understanding of diet changes.
Provide care within scope of practice, including vital signs and activities of daily living, when assigned sitter or constant-visual responsibilities.
Maintain a clean and safe environment to help prevent or control infections and protect patients, visitors, and employees.
Clean assigned unit equipment and report equipment repairs to appropriate personnel in a timely manner.
Assist with routine unit operations as directed or needed to support smooth communication and functioning.
Answer the telephone courteously and promptly, identifying self and unit.
Answer patient call bells courteously and relay messages to appropriate personnel.
Relay telephone, visitor, and patient messages accurately and promptly to appropriate persons.
Complete errands promptly as requested.
Access medications only as permitted for unlicensed assistive personnel, including transporting non-controlled substances at the request of a licensed care provider.
Remove out-of-date items.