Certified Nursing Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Tennessee CNA license required upon hire; out-of-state hires must have the Tennessee CNA license in process, as reflected on the state website, upon hire.
• CPR certification required.
• Must be able to operate a computer.
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to read with comprehension, write legibly, and perform basic arithmetic computations.
• Must understand patient care tasks that may appropriately be delegated to nursing assistants.
• Must be trained and willing to function as a sitter for patients needing full-time supervision.

Nice To Haves

• Hospital experience preferred.
• Knowledge of medical terminology 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 according to the plan of care.
• Ambulate patients and assist them with transfers into and out of bed and wheelchairs.
• Support patients’ nutritional needs, including distributing meal trays, feeding, and providing water pitchers.
• Provide morning or evening care, including bathing, oral hygiene, grooming, dressing, bed-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, or turn patients; assist with bedpans, urinals, or commodes; provide preoperative supportive care; and apply or remove 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 patients’ plans of care.
• Perform phlebotomy after additional training, including labeling samples with two patient identifiers and maintaining, rotating, and restocking lab-draw supplies.
• Perform EKGs after special training.
• Answer call lights promptly and respond to patient requests.
• Report significant changes in patients’ conditions to the RN.
• Maintain a clean and orderly patient and work environment.
• Follow infection-control policies, including standard and transmission-based precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures, and proper body mechanics.
• Document and maintain patient records as appropriate.
• Gather equipment for oxygen setup and check oxygen connections and placement.
• Check that equipment at the patient bedside functions properly.
• Ambulate patients who are using oxygen.
• Set up suction equipment and check that it functions properly.
• Provide care that meets age-specific needs and demonstrate competency in 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.
• Complete training and be willing to serve as a sitter for patients needing full-time hospital supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.