Certified Nursing Assistant - Long Term Care- PRN

Overview

Our compassionate staff focuses on providing short term-rehabilitation services to get you back to the life you love. After a hospitalization or illness, we treat patients who may need extra assistance during their recovery period. From there, we help to ease the transition from the hospital to the comfort of their own home or other living arrangement. Health problems like stroke, congestive heart failure, lung disease, joint replacements and hip fractures can affect the entire body. Recovering from these problems requires a whole-person approach from Mercyhealth's qualified staff. They specialize in IV-therapy, wound care, physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy.

Cares for patients under the direction of the nursing staff, performs the following duties, and supports the nursing philosophy. Is involved with patient care duties such as admissions, bathing, feeding, hygiene, ambulating, lifting and discharges. Reports any changes in patient condition to RN. May include weekends, holidays, day, evening, night, and/or on-call hours.Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides patient care as assigned and per routine, according to standards of care, shift routines, and policies and procedures.
• Answers call lights in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Documents care provided according to standards.
• Maintains a clean work and patient environment.
• Ensures supply charge stickers are documented correctly.
• Stocks and disposes of expired or damaged supplies and equipment.
• Performs and documents TPR and BP procedures for all patients.
• Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities.
• Floats to various units based on identified patient care needs.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Completion of a Nursing Assistant Course

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

Certified as a nursing assistant in the state of practice.

Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days

SPECIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Function of the position with or without accommodations.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, taste, and smell. The employee must frequently lift up to 10 pounds, regularly lift up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

Culture of Excellence Behavior Expectations

Benefits

This position does not come with benefits.