Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)

Certified Nursing Assistant

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree: Certificate.
• Education: Completion of a certified nursing assistant program.
• Certification: Possess and maintain certification as a certified nursing assistant.
• Experience: One year of experience as a certified nursing assistant after graduation.

Core Duties:

• Prepare examination rooms prior to patient's arrival.
• Assist with patient check-ins, admissions, discharges, and transfers as directed.
• Check patient's vital signs, to include temperature, respiration, pulse, weight and blood pressure.
• Obtain and document patient's current medical history, drug history, chief complaints, allergies and vital signs on the correct form.
• Perform diagnostic procedures when ordered.
• Maintain examination room stock levels and perform routine maintenance of examination rooms.
• Complete lab and x-ray requisitions in accordance with clinic policies.
• Enter demographic data into the computer upon patient check-in; enter diagnosis and departing time when patient is released.