Certified Nursing Assistant

Title: Certified Nursing Assistant

State Role Title: 49053

Hiring Range: $39,585-$53,836

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Hiram Davis Medical Center

Agency Website: hwdmc.dbhds.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

- Provides direct care to physically ill patients with diverse emotional problems and developmental disabilities ranging in age from adolescent to geriatric.
- Personal hygiene duties include: bathing, changing linen and making up beds, washing and combing hair, cleaning and trimming nails, providing oral care and maintaining clean, orderly patient rooms including bedside stands, tables and wardrobes.
- Performs routine treatments to patients as assigned including, but not limited, skin care, non-sterile warm or cold compresses, enemas, and emptying Foley bags, completing intake and output and colostomy irrigation/care.
- Assists with patient admission, transfers or discharges (including deaths). Collects and charts specimens and cleans equipment that has been used by the patient.
- Follows policies and procedures related to clothing inventory, laundry, labeling and maintaining of patient clothing and belongings.
- Encourages patients to achieve their optimum activity level as ordered by the physician including positioning, range of motion exercises, assisting patients with walking, transferring and sitting up in the chair.
- Performs correct application of splint and braces, according to scheduled time, and monitors for pressure areas. Becomes competent in bedside range of motion and actively participates in restorative care activities following skills enhancements.
- Take vital signs and charts on the graphic sheet and in the patient’s medical record. Observes, records and reports to supervisor changes in-patient’s signs, symptoms or condition.
- Documents care given, charts TPR's input and output and complete reports according to HWDMC policies and procedures.
- Assists with setting meal trays and encourages patients to eat their prescribed diets, serves between meal nourishment and documents patients to feed self, and sets best dining atmosphere for patients.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge of personal care needs and activities of daily living; ability to carry out the responsibilities of the position; ability to read, write and communicate effectively with others; and possess the physical ability to turn, bend and lift non-ambulatory adult patients without restrictions. Must be able to work required overtime and perform CPR.

Additional Considerations

Level and type of experience:

Working experience as a nursing assistant within the field of medical-surgical, psychiatric, rehabilitation,
geriatrics or mental retardation preferred.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Applicants must list all relevant experience that you wish to be considered for this position. Applicants will be provided confirmation of receipt when your application and/or resume is submitted. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

A fingerprint-based criminal history check and reference checks are required for the selected candidate for this position. Under Virginia Code §37.2-314 and 37.2-408.1, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services is prohibited from employing or using as volunteers, persons who have been convicted of specific “barrier” crimes or persons who may be the subject of pending “barrier” charges.

DBHDS facilities are no longer required to ensure that all staff members are vaccinated against COVID-19. However, facilities encourage and educate staff on the benefits, and continue to offer COVID-19 vaccination programs to staff, residents/clients. Employees may be required to disclose immunization status for purposes of infection prevention and/or management of outbreaks. Upon acceptance of a job offer, new recruits will be asked to disclose their vaccination status (and for those fully vaccinated, proof of vaccination) during the pre-employment process. If you have any questions, contact the Office of Human Resources.

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