Certified Nursing Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Tennessee CNA licensure is required upon hire; out-of-state hires must have the Tennessee CNA license in process, as reflected on the state website, upon hire.
• CPR is required.
• Must be able to operate a computer and possess excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to read with comprehension, write legibly, and perform basic arithmetic.
• Must understand patient care that may appropriately be delegated to nursing assistants.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Measure and record vital signs, height, weight, and intake and output.
• Encourage patients to turn, cough, breathe deeply, and use incentive spirometry as specified in the plan of care.
• Ambulate patients and assist them with transfers to or from beds and wheelchairs, including when oxygen is in use.
• Attend to nutritional needs, including distributing meal trays, feeding patients, and providing water pitchers.
• Provide morning or evening care, including bathing, oral hygiene, grooming, dressing, linen changes, and other supportive care.
• Empty drains, canisters, urine bags, bedpans, and emesis basins, and record intake and output.
• Help maintain a safe environment, report malfunctioning equipment, handle linen appropriately, and store supplies.
• Position, lift, and turn patients; assist with bedpans, urinals, commodes, preoperative supportive care, 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 in the plan of care.
• Perform phlebotomy after additional training, including correct labeling with two patient identifiers and maintaining, rotating, and restocking lab-draw supplies.
• Perform EKGs after special training.
• Promptly answer call lights and respond to patient requests.
• Report significant changes in patients' conditions to the RN.
• Maintain clean and orderly patient and work environments.
• Follow infection-control policies, standard and transmission-based precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures, and proper body mechanics.
• Document and maintain patient records as appropriate.
• Gather oxygen setup equipment, check connections and placement, check equipment function at the bedside, and set up and check suction equipment.
• Demonstrate competency in age-specific care and skills on the Nursing Assistant checklist.
• Follow policies, procedures, and safety standards; complete required annual education; work toward goals and objectives; and participate in quality-improvement initiatives as requested.
• Be trained and willing to serve as a sitter for patients requiring full-time hospital supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.