PCT - MedSurg

Job Summary

• The Certified Nursing Assistant is responsible to assist nursing personnel in providing resident within the scope of his/her certification, training and meeting regulations.
• Reporting Relationship: RN on duty, Administrative Supervisor, Director of Clinical Care, VP Patient Care Services.
• This position requires the full understanding and active participation in fulfilling the Mission, Vision and Values of HRH.
• It is excepted that the associate will demonstrate behavior consistent with the Core Values
• The associates shall support the HRH goals and direction of the quality improvement process.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides all ADL cares to patients including: oral, grooming, personal hygiene, dressing, bathing, range of motion, ambulation, dining.
• Delivers care according to patient's individual care plan.
• Provides care in a manner that respects the resident's dignity and privacy.
• Provides care with kindness and compassion, paying attention to detail and recognizing individual resident needs.
• Offers choices with care and encourages patients to maintain independence whenever possible.
• Adheres to resident's rights when providing care and communication with patients.
• Answers call light promptly.
• Follows infection control procedures.
• Communicates changes in patient's condition to staff nurse in a timely manner.
• Records entries on daily flow sheets and documents as required per Acute Care policies and procedures.
• Interacts with Interdisciplinary Team to communicate resident preferences, needs and details to establish individualized care plan.
• Communicates with team members to provide continuity of cares, for example during meal breaks, at change of shift, when patient experiences acute changes, etc.
• Interacts with other disciplines to promote, encourage and assist patients to various activitiesof interest to the patient.
• Maintains cleanliness of wheelchairs and other adaptive equipment that patients may use.
• Reports to maintenance any non-working or unsafe equipment or facility fixtures.
• Uses all required safety equipment appropriately, gait belt, goggles, lifts, transfer boards, etc.
• Wound/skin care.
• Restraints, Email, SCD/Plexi machines, Client Specialty beds, Infection control, Blood Bank, Fall Prevention, and Quantros Reporting.

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Required Skills & Experience

• Experience as a CNA in an acute/hospital setting.
• Able to read, write at a level to fulfill documentation requirements.
• Appropriate Factors for this position: Standing, walking, sitting, pushing (100 ), pulling (100 ), lifting, carrying, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, filing, typing, xeroxing, talking, Hearing, color vision.
• Physical Demands: Lifting objects over 100 lbs. w/frequent lifting/carrying up to 50 lbs.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• At least one (1) year of experience in a healthcare setting.

null Required Skills ['ADL CARES', 'PATIENT CARE', 'INDIVIDUAL CARE PLAN', 'INFECTION CONTROL', 'WOUND/SKIN CARE']

Additional Skills

• RESTRAINTS
• FALL PREVENTION
• QUANTROS REPORTING
• EMAIL
• SCD/PLEXI MACHINES
• Client SPECIALTY BEDS
• BLOOD BANK
• DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS
• SAFETY EQUIPMENT

Education Requirement

Required Education: -N/A

Preferred Education: -High School Diploma or equivalent.

Required Certifications & Licensure

• CNA certification in the state of practice.
• BLS - American Heart Association.

Preferred Certifications & Licensure

-N/A

null Certifications & Licenses

['CNA certification', 'BLS']

Languages

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Reason: Vacancy