CNA

Nursing Assistant

Provides basic nursing care to patients, under the direct supervision of Registered Nurses and/or Licensed Practical Nurses.

Essential Job Functions:

• Perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Recognize the rights and responsibilities of patient confidentiality.
• Convey empathy and compassion to those experiencing grief, pain or trauma.
• Report to other staff members any changes in patient condition.
• Relate to others in a manner that creates a sense of teamwork and cooperation.
• Communicate effectively and therapeutically with people from every socioeconomic background.
• Incorporate guest relations into daily activities.

Working Conditions:

• Inside environment, protected from the weather but not necessarily temperature changes.
• Subject to frequent exposure to infection, contagious disease, and hazardous materials and equipment.
• Occasionally subject to combative patients.
• Variable noise levels.
• Also subject to rapid pace, multiple stimuli, unpredictable environment, and critical situations.

Physical Demands/Traits:

• Perceive the nature of sounds by the ear.
• Express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Perceive characteristics of objects through the eyes.
• Extend arms and hands in any direction.
• Seize, hold, grasp, turn, or otherwise work with hands.
• Pick, pinch, or otherwise work with fingers.
• Perceive such attributes of objects or materials as size, shape, temperature, or texture.
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
• Lift 50 pounds maximum with frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Continuous walking and standing.
• Identify, match, and distinguish colors.
• Rare lifting of greater than 100 pounds.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• CNA Certification
• CPR Certification

Experience Required: None Desired: Previous CNA experience in acute care.