Certified Nurse Assistant

Our customer, a well-known hospital is seeking multiple reliable Certified Nurse Assistants that are multi-taskers, solid team players, delivers quality, safe and compassionate care.

Responsibilities will include :

Within a restorative framework, provides basic nursing and personal care for patients. Assists patients with hygiene, mobility, toileting, eating, and participating in recreational activities.

Works to maintain a clean, safe atmosphere, and respects the individuality of each patient.

• Ensure that the patient's room is ready for receiving the patient and completes appropriate sections of the admission assessment form.
• Takes temperature, pulse, respiration rate, blood pressure, weights and records all entries on flow sheets and or in clinical care Station.

Notifies the RN for abnormalities.

• Bathes, dresses and undresses patients. Changes bed linens on occupied and unoccupied beds.
• Keep bedfast patients clean and dry.
• Answers call lights to determine patient's needs and reports to appropriate team member.
• Serves and collects meal trays and snack. Assist patients with meals. Records food and fluid intake / output on flow sheet.

Keep patient's water pitcher clean and filled with fresh water each shift as directed.

• Tums and repositions bedfast patients. Assist patients with toileting. Collects specimens as instructed.
• Transports patients using wheelchairs, carts, or assist with ambulation. Assists in preparing patients for a physical exam.
• Performs as directed procedures within the scope of a CNA.

Skills and Abilities :

• Deal with the sick or handicapped of all ages.
• Understand and follow instructions exactly in caring for those who depend on you.
• Ability to communicate in a caring manner with people of all ages.

Qualifications

Required :

• High School diploma.
• Active CNA Certification in Illinois or currently enrolled in school of nursing who has successfully completed basic clinical rotations.
• CPR - Basic Life Support recognition by the American Heart Association.
• Minimum of 90% correct on annual mandatory Health and Safety Training quizzes.
• Unit based recognition for Capillary Blood Glucose Monitoring.

Preferred :

• Associate's degree
• One year of college or nursing education or equivalent experience.
• Previous experience in a health care setting with a demonstrated ability to relate to patents, family, nursing and medical staff.

About Purpose Workforce Solutions

Purpose Workforce is a full-service staffing and placement firm that believes in investing in the talent we hire. We value our employees and believe in helping each of them reach their professional goals.

Whether your desire is to find long-term temporary roles or you are looking for a permanent placement, we can help. Need flexible shifts.

We've got those too! Are you a student working your way through school? We also offer tuition reimbursements. Your relationship with your employer should be mutually beneficial.

At Purpose, it will be!