CNA, Certified Nursing Assistant

Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: Texarkana
Posted on: September 29, 2024

Job Description:

Job Summary: Assist with patient care activities and clerical tasks in a nursing unit under the supervision of a Registered Nurse.

This role involves supporting routine and repetitive patient care activities, as well as performing specific clerical, organizational, and patient-focused tasks. The patient-focused tasks will be supportive in nature.

Responsibilities:

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• Assist with the admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.
  
• Complete pertinent documents.
  
• Prepare rooms for admission by setting up IV poles and adjusting beds to the appropriate level.
  
• Ensure patient belongings accompany the patient to the new unit or home at time of discharge.
  
• Safely transport stable patients as required.
  
• Maintain security and confidentiality when transporting patients and interacting with family and visitors.
  
• Clean, procure, and return equipment and supplies.
  
• Run errands for the unit as required.
  
• Assist licensed personnel in providing a safe and comfortable environment at all times.
  
• Perform unit-specific patient care tasks in accordance with the skills checklist and document on the flowsheet.
  
• Identify obvious changes in the patient's condition and report them promptly to the nurse in charge.
  
• Assist with ordering and maintaining stock items according to established inventory.
  
• Keep unit supplies organized and orderly.
  
• Respond appropriately to emergencies.
  
• Communicate effectively with other team members during and between shifts.
  
• Respond to phone calls and patient call lights.
  
• Adapt patient assessment, treatment, and/or care methods to accommodate unique physical, psychosocial, cultural, age-specific, and other developmental needs of each patient served.
  
  
  Requirements:
  
  
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  • High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
    
  • Experience in a hospital setting preferred.
    
  • BLS from the American Heart Association (AHA) required.
    
  • CNA License in state of employment required.
    
    
    Work Schedule:
    
    7AM - 7PM
    
    Work Type:
    
    Full Time

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