CNA

Job Description:

Assists patients with healthcare needs who are ill or recovering from surgery or disease.

Posting Specifics

Shift Details: Full Time

• Night Shift - Three 12 hour shifts per week.
• ​The employee would be put into a holiday group and the group alternates each year.
• There are 8 week schedules and night shift weekends are considered Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
• In the 8 weeks the employee needs to pick up 10 shifts that are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
• This department has a version of self scheduling that rotates between 2 groups.

Department: Surgical and Pediatric floor with some Medical Observation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSABILITIES

1. Promotes mission, vision and values of SCL Health, and abides by service behavior standards.

2. Performs other duties as assigned.

3. Carries out care as delegated by the RN.

4. Receives report from RN daily by 0830 or 2030 to coordinate plan of care related to ADL's. Documents all ADL's for each patient every shift.

5. Answers lights, or intercom system to determine patients' needs.

6. Serves and collects food trays and feeds patients requiring help.

7. Transports patients or assists patients to walk.

8. Runs errands, and direct visitors.

9. Participates in admission/discharge activities.

10. Accurately documents the care provided to patient during shift.

11. Adheres to infection prevention strategies.

12. Stock rooms with supplies. Stock isolation racks with supplies.

13. Responsible to perform purposeful rounding.

14. Updates "care boards" to include name, plan related to ADL/s, date

SITTER RESPONSIBILITIES

15. Observes patient behavior and maintains patient safety.

16. Maintains an uninterrupted line of sight with the patient and will be required to assist the patient in completion of daily personal care.

17. Obtain report from the assigned nurse or from the current sitter. Remain with the patient until relieved for breaks, meals and shift change.

18. Accompany patient to other departments when patient is scheduled for tests/treatments.

19. Notify the patient’s assigned nurse of any change in patient’s mental status or condition immediately. Notify the nurse of any safety concerns.

EDUCATION/EXPERINCE

Required:

• High School Diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Nurse Aide Skills Checklist
• Certified CNA License

Preferred:

CERTIFICATION, REGISTRATION, LICENSE (*indicates primary source verification requirement)

Required:

Current Montana C.N.A. certification required upon hire

BLS required within 60 days of hire

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements list must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Regular attendance to perform work on site during regularly scheduled business hours or scheduled shifts is required

2. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to write simple correspondence.

3. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

4. Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. 

5. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

6. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.

7. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

POPULATIONS SERVED

(Direct Care areas only)

Age of Patient Population Served

Neonate (birth-28 days)

Infant (29 days - less than 1 year)

Pediatric (1 - 12 years)

Adolescent (13 - 17 years)

Adult (18 - 64 years)

Physical Requirements:

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.- and -Frequent interactions