Nursing Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must be listed on the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Health Care Worker Registry (HCWR) as an Illinois CNA, or be a nursing student who has passed the written competency exam and is listed on the HCWR.
• CPR/BLS certification.
• Ability to read and write, perform simple mathematical calculations, follow oral and written instructions, perform a variety of tasks without direct supervision, and perform duties requiring continuous physical effort.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and/or in writing.
• Ability to work in partnership with management and staff.
• Ability to perform occasional heavy and awkward lifting of over 50 pounds.
• Ability to perform moderate to extreme physical effort, including walking, standing, performing CPR, and lifting materials, equipment, objects, and/or patients.
• Adequate vision, hearing, and sense of touch to perform tasks quickly and accurately, including reading small print, defining details, and sending and receiving clear, accurate oral communication.
• Ability to sustain frequent periods of concentrated or focused attention to interpret visual, auditory, and sensory inputs.

Responsibilities

• Provides basic patient care activities, including taking vital signs and performing enemas and basic tests such as glucoscan, hemacult, and multistix.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living, using proper aseptic, isolation, and infection-control techniques.
• Assists patients with personal hygiene, ambulation, nourishment, and fluids.
• Completes assigned procedures, such as collecting patient specimens and weighing patients.
• Assists with preparing patients for discharge and transfer.
• Maintains the patient environment by making beds, tidying patient rooms, and preparing rooms for admissions and transfers.
• Assists with maintaining supplies, equipment, and the environment.
• Communicates and accurately documents activities in the appropriate records or logs.
• Initiates CPR and calls a Dr. Cart.
• Performs receptionist duties for the assigned area as requested.
• Provides constant observation of assigned patients and documents their activity.