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Certified Nursing Assistant
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Location: Redfield, SD Worker Type: PRN Work Shift: Night Shift (United States of America) Redfield Community Memorial Hospital and Clinic is seeking a qualified individual to join our team!
Position Highlights Title: Nursing Assistant
Position Accountable to: Director of Nursing
Job Summary: Assists in nursing care by performance of routine and delegated duties according to the standards. Has a knowledge of and utilizes appropriate patient care protocol relating to the physical and psychological needs of the patient throughout their life span. Provides clerical services to the nursing unit. Serves as a liaison for the nurse and patient in interdepartmental communications. Functions in public relations role as receptionist.
Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and possesses the ability to respond to specific issues and data reflective of the patient/customer's status. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for the population served in the department.
Birth - 1 yr 1 - 11 yrs 12 - 17 yrs 18 - 65 yrs over 65 yrs _X_ _X_ _X_ _X_ _X_ Infancy Pediatrics Adolescent Adulthood Geriatric
Responsibilities, Expectations & Standards • Commitment to the daily application of CMH’s mission, vision, and core values to serve patients, their families, and our community. • Promote CMH’s values • Maintain confidentiality • Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment. • Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations and standards associated with, but not limited to CMS, and OSHA. • Facilitates and maintains effective communications with nursing and medical staff, other departments, visitors and patients using AIDET principles .
Essential Job Functions: • Demonstrates proficient skills in multiple modules of the Client Server system • Demonstrates ability to effectively manage multiple tasks at one time. • Demonstrates use of photocopier, fax machine, paging system, telephone, laser printer, patient call system, patient security systems
Required to perform technical skills as listed: • Transports Meal Trays • Administers Enemas • Bed Making • Able to communicate via Microsoft Outlook • Assists Patient With Activity,(I.E. Chair Transfers, Carrying Infants and Toddlers) • Perform Skills To Obtain Vital Signs, Intake & Output, and Patient Weights. • Ambulate Patients And Push Wheelchairs/Carts Etc. • Provides Personal Care For Patients Such As Bed Baths, Shampoo Hair, Shaving And Oral Hygiene. • Able To Assist With Feeding Patients. • Maintains Clean Environment For The Patient In Their Room. • Collect, Label and Transport Body Fluid Specimens • Catheter Care • Prioritizes And Processes Multiple Tasks In A Timely Manner • Promotes Effective Verbal And Written Communication Skills • Documents in MediTech • Demonstrates understanding and appropriate utilization of the child security system. • Performs delegated patient assignments/duties. • Uses Equipment And Supplies Effectively And Efficiently.
Essential Physical Demands: Functional activities include Lifting-floor: 0-35# Grasping Light: 5-8 hr/day Lifting-knee-waist: 0-35# Grasping Firm: 0-3 hr/day Lifting-waist- shoulder: 0-25# Rep.use-foot: 0-3 hr/day Lifting-overhead: 0-20# Dominant Hand: 5-8 hr/day Transfers: 0-40# Non-dominant Hand: 0-3 hr/day Carrying: 0-50# Bilateral Hands: 5-8 hr/day Pushing/Pulling: 0-65# Far Acuity: 0-3 hr/day Sitting: 0-3 hr/day Near Acuity: 5-8 hr/day Standing: 3-5 hr/day Depth Perception: 5-8 hr/day Walking: 5-8 hr/day Field of Vision: 5-8 hr/day Climbing: 0-3 hr/day Accommodation: 5-8 hr/day Balancing: 0-3 hr/day Feeling: 3-5 hr/day Squatting: 0-3 hr/day Hearing: 5-8 hr/day Kneeling: 0-3 hr/day Smelling: 5-8 hr/day Crawling: 0-3 hr/day Forward Bend: 3-5 hr/day Reaching forward: 5-8 hr/day Reaching overhead: 0-3 hr/day Distinguish color 8+ hr/day
Work Environment: Works inside. Works with and around others, has verbal contact and face to face contact with others. Exposure to, blood and body fluids, airborne pathogens, hazardous waste and chemicals, communicable disease, moving objects, high places, slippery surfaces. Minimal exposure to radiation, electric, and/or mechanical equipment.
Equipment Used to Perform Job: Computers, K-packs, wheelchairs, blood pressure cuffs, Electronic Vital Sign Equipment, Suction Equipment, O2, Gomco, telephone, , stethoscopes, telemetry, bed scales, lift devices, scales, thermometers, beds, ice bags, ice collar, patient call system, apnea monitor
Mental Requirements: _X_ reading, simple _X_ spatial _X_ tending ____ reading, complex _X_ form ____ precision working _X_ writing, simple _X_ clerical _X_ follow instructions ____ writing, complex _X_ compiling _X_ influence others _X_ math skills, simple ____ coordinating _X_ time requirement ____ math skills, complex
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