Med - Surg Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)

Job Summary:

The CNA provides supportive patient care under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse, Physician, and Mid-level practitioner.

Functions and Duties:

• Follows the plan of care as directed by registered nurse.
• Obtains routine vital signs and promptly documents and reports any changes or abnormalities to Nurse. 
• Completes additional sections of admission data per unit standard.
• Orients the patient/family to the unit and hospital facilities and services.
• Delivers patient care promptly, accurately and in accordance with the plan of care and patient’s needs.
• Completes house-wide and unit-based in-services and clinical competencies.
• Assist the patients with routine activities of daily living such as feeding, bathing, ambulation, skin care.
• Obtains and accurately documents Intake and Output, heights, and weights.
• Performs efficiently in emergency situations.
• Organizes workload and assumes responsibility of care for assigned patients. 
• Performs glucometer checks and other duties as assigned with in practice and skill level.
• Answers call lights within a timely manner and assist patients with requested needs.
• Follows 1:1 observation guideline.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
• CNA certification, or Student Nurse after completion of first semester of clinical rotations required.
• One year of job-related experience preferred.
• BLS Certification required or obtained within 6 months of employment.
• De-Escalation and restraint training certification obtained within 6 months of hire is required.
• Medical terminology.
• Knowledge of medical supplies.
• Knowledge of medical equipment.

Physical Demands:

• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving patients.
• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

12 hours

1830-0700

Every other weekend

4 of the 8 holidays that Touchette Regional Hospital honors

Census 1-10

Must be willing to cross train to the Behavioral Health Unit and the Emergency Department. You will get pulled to other departments when our census does not warrant the support staff.