Certified Nurse Assistant at CCC PRN

Description

PURPOSE OF POSITION

To provide personal care service for the patient in the inpatient unit under the guidance and instruction of the appropriate staff nurse. These services comply with the Nurse Practice Act and agency policies and procedures.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Listed below is an outline of the essential duties and responsibilities that will be required. Administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary to perform the assigned duties under the supervision of the Staff Nurse are delegated to the Certified Nurse Aide.

Every effort has been made to make your job description as complete as possible. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is a logical assignment to the position. 

DUTIES

1. Personal Care Services

• A. Performs personal care services as designated in Plan of Care, which may include:
•  1. Bathing (tub, shower, bed bath)

1. Mouth care, denture care, skin care, grooming (shampoo hair, shaving), assist with bathroom needs bedpan, bedside commode), dressing activities, transferring, ambulation.

•  3. Maintains clean, safe environment for patients.
•  4. Therapeutic exercises as instructed and supervised by staff nurses.
•  5. Simple nonsterile wound care as instructed and supervised by staff nurse.
•  6. changing of colostomy bags g-tube dressing changes.  
•  7. Assists patients with meeting nutrition and hydration needs including feeding and accurate recording of intake. 
•  8. Indwelling and suprapubic catheter care.

B. Measures accurately and records oral, rectal, and auxiliary temperatures; pulse; respiration and blood pressure.

C. Reports significant changes as designated by staff nurse in patient, family, or caregiver condition in a timely fashion to staff nurse for follow-through and intervention.

• D. Provides respite care for the patient, family, or caregiver.
• E. Reinforces RN previous teaching.
• G. Assists with post-mortem care.
• H. Covers weekend, and holiday rotation. Will cover standby call, and weekend call, as needed.
• I. Performs other duties as assigned.  

• THE CERTIFIED NURSE AIDE MAY NOT:
•   1. Catherize a patient
•   2. Perform trach care
•   3. Perform deep or sterile wound care
•   4. Administer medication

1. Administration

• A. Provides timely and accurate documentation of home visits.
• B. Participates in timely revision of patient plan of care.
• C. Complies with agency policies, procedures, mission, and values statements.
• D. Executes duties as assigned by the Staff Nurse and Director of Clinical Operations.
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• E. Maintains a professional appearance in accordance to dress code policy.

F. Displays a consistent positive attitude.

• G. Has knowledge of and follows Hospice policies and procedures.
• H. Demonstrates values of Hospice: Compassion, Integrity, Commitment, Excellence, Customer Service, Respect, and Community. 
• I. Adheres to Hospice of El Paso Mission Statement.

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Communication

A. Establishes and maintains effective communication with team members.

B. Establishes and maintains effective communication with Hospice Administration, Social Work, Volunteer and Nursing Departments.

C. Listens and responds to the patient/family needs in a sensitive and timely manner keeping all parties apprised of developments.

D. Maintains a cooperative manner towards patient/family and all members of the team, and all employees of Hospice of El Paso.

• E. Complies with HIPAA standards by abiding with the minimum necessary Protected Health Information to perform job description responsibilities. Access Level 0 = no access.

1. Professional Development / Education

A. Attends and participates in weekly teams, patient care conferences and bereavement conferences.

B. Attends in-service programs. Twelve hours a year is required for all Certified Nurse Aides.

C. Attends workshops and seminars as able.

D. Attends staff support as appropriate for needs.

E. Participates in orientation of employees, volunteers and students as assigned. 

F. Attends ethics and compliance training and maintains compliance with the CCP.

G. Completes and complies with El Paso Standards of Care to include the perfect visit.

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Certification as Nurse Aide by Texas Department of Health.
2. Personal vehicle available for trans