Certified Nursing Assistant 1, Lennar - Perioperative Services / OR, Full-Time

Certified Nursing Assistant 1

The Certified Nursing Assistant 1 performs intermediate patient care activities under the supervision of a registered nurse. More specifically, the incumbent assists patients in dressing and undressing, bathing, eating, collects noninvasive body fluid specimens, gathers vital signs, and assembles, monitors and discontinues intravenous feeding tubes. Additionally, the incumbent works closely with patients on activities of daily living such as transferring from the bed to a chair and performing minor physical therapy routines.

Core job functions include:

• Providing for patients' personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves, and assisting with showers.
• Assisting with meals and feeds patients, ambulates, turns, and positions patients, and provides fresh water and nourishment between meals.
• Administering enemas, douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, therapeutic and sitz baths, and applies restraints.
• Performing sugar and acetone urine testing, specimen collection, and post-mortem care.
• Answering patients' call lights and requests promptly.
• Maintaining a safe and attractive environment for patients and staff and transporting patients and equipment.
• Reporting patient conditions to the assigned nurse to ensure professional assessment.
• Measuring and recording food and liquid intake and output, and checking and recording vital signs.
• Providing patient help with walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed.
• Performing minor physical therapy routines.
• Collecting urine samples, attaching EKG leads and removing catheters.
• Assembling, monitoring, and discontinuing feeding of intravenous nutrition.
• Adhering to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguarding University assets.

Core qualifications include:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Certified Nursing Assistant license.
• Minimum 0-1 year of relevant experience.
• Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work under pressure while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.
• Ability to work evenings, nights, and weekends as necessary.
• Commitment to the University's core values.
• Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment.