Certified Nursing Assistant

SummarySUMMARY : Under close supervision, performs a variety of para-professional nursing tasks relating to the care treatment of patients in the hospital or clinic.

Perform routine inpatient and / or outpatient nursing duties that do not require a license. Performs related duties as required.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS : NOTE : The following are duties performed by employees in this classification. However, employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level.

• Not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual in this classification.1. Assists patients with meals, personal hygiene and incontinent care;
• gives cleansing and retention enemas to patients; assist in catheterization and bladder irrigations.2. Assists registered nurse and licensed vocational nurses in administering treatment and other nursing tasks as needed;
• promptly answers call lights promptly and administers to patient comfort and safety by adjusting beds, lights, bed rails, pillows, patients' clothing and bedside tables / equipment;
• observes and reports any deviation in patients' condition / status; keeps patient areas clean and orderly.3. Obtains and sets up suction equipment;
• performs nasal and tracheal suctions; administers oxygen using tents and masks; turns and positions patients; assists patients to and from wheelchairs and gurneys;
• and assists patients with ambulation and crutch walking.4. Takes patients' vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure);
• performs routine tests such as urine dip stick, urine pregnancy test, vision and hearing tests and promptly reports findings to supervising personnel;
• administers simple range of motion exercises; assists in application of traction devices; positions and drapes patients for examination or treatment;

transports patients to other areas of the hospital in wheelchair or gurneys.5. When assigned as a sitter, responsible for but not limited to protecting the patient(s) / resident(s) from harm and assiting in meeting their emotional and physical needs through one-to-one continuous observation.

Provide on-going observation and basic patient care. Educate patients on health related topics or discharge information per scope of duties.

• 6. When assigned to an outpatient setting, prepares examination room, ensuring that it is stocked with the necessary supplies, equipment and instruments for the type of clinic to be held;
• weighs, takes and documents patients' vital signs; assists physicians or midlevel practitioners during the examinations as directed;

collects, labels and takes specimens to the lab; assists in the maintenance of a clean and well supplied clinical area; stocks shelves and monitors expiration of medical supplies and medications.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS : Education : High School diploma or GED with additional training a minimum. College graduate preferred.

Minimum Experience : Six months para-professional nursing training as a Hospital Services Trainee with AHS or the equivalent of one year full-time recent experience performing work comparable to a Nursing Assistant in a hospital or medical facility.

Required Licenses / Certifications : BLS - Basic Life Support Certification issued by the American Heart Association. Other advanced life support certifications may be required per unit / department specialty according to patient care policies.

Required Licenses / Certifications : CPI -Crisis Prevention Intervention Training (required for all positions at John George Psychiatric Pavilion;

and certain positions in the Emergency Department).Required Licenses / Certifications : Current Nursing Assistant certification (required for positions at Highland and Fairmont Hospitals).

Highland General HospitalHGH Med / Surg 8th FloorServices As Needed / Per DiemDayNursingFTE : 0.01