Certified Nursing Assistant

Certified Nurse Assistant Opportunity

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About the Facility – Battle Creek VAMC Community Living Center At VA Battle Creek Medical Center, our health care teams are deeply experienced and guided by the needs of Veterans, their families and caregivers. Our main campus provides primary care and specialty health services, including treatment for hearing loss (audiology), treatment for vision loss, dental care, nutrition counseling, hospice and palliative care, mental health services, laboratory services, treatment for PTSD, and more. This VAMC facility consists of 276 total operating beds, including 55 inpatient mental health beds, 11 inpatient medical beds, 109 Community Living Center beds, and 101 Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program beds.

Facility Address: 5500 Armstrong Rd, Battle Creek, MI 49037

CNA Responsibilities

CNA helps patients with direct health care needs, often under the supervision of a nurse. CNA's work directly with patients and nurses, helping with the many physical and complex tasks for patient care. Also provides direct patient care and/or close observation of patients.

• Serves as a member of the nursing staff and carries out routine nursing care and other personal services to assigned patients on any ward or tour assigned.
• Performs a range of personal nursing care which includes activities of daily living, such as feeding, bathing, lifting, and turning patients, providing oral, nail, hair related hygiene care, routine foley, oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal, and performing preventive, rehabilitative, application of races, prosthetic devices, utilizes equipment to promote veteran self-care. Utilizes therapeutic care/procedures within the scope of a Nursing Assistant.
• Documents all care provided in the appropriate clinical records.
• Observes significant conditions, both physical and emotional that are relevant to the health status of the patient.
• Performs a range of diagnostic support duties such as taking vital signs, collecting, and transporting specimens, and preparing and escorting patients for discharge, tests, examinations, treatments and/or surgery per established procedures.
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment; observes all policies pertaining to universal precautions. Provides for safety needs of patients by maintaining and a clean and safe environment.
• Accompanies patients on diagnostic or therapeutic trips assuming responsibility for basic decisions within the scope of a Certified Nursing Assistant while away from nursing units.
• Initiates emergency measure to control disruptive or violent behavior. Documents all relevant information in the clinical record.

Certified Nurse Assistant Requirements

• Is a Certified Nursing Assistant.
• Has at least two years' experience as a CNA within the last three years in one of the following: Community Living Center, Medical-Surgical, Emergency Room, Mental Health and/or Critical Care.
• Is capable of providing nursing care for adult medical and surgical patients.
• Has and maintains BLS certifications.
• Must have US citizenship.
• Must have COVID Vaccine Certification.

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