2 Nursing Assistant

Cornerstone Healthcare Staffing LLC; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare staffing company seeks a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in Sheffield. This role involves providing care to patients, assisting with daily living activities, and maintaining patient stability while documenting essential information. Candidates should exhibit a professional bedside manner, effective communication skills, and a foundational knowledge of anatomy and nursing care.

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology.
• Effective oral, written, and reading communication skills.
• Friendly and professional bedside manner.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with serving meals, feeding patients, and ambulating.
• Maintaining patient stability by checking vital signs.
• Documenting actions by completing forms and records.

Skills

Knowledge of anatomy

Knowledge of nursing care

Communication skills

Professional bedside manner

Job description

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A Certified Nursing Assistant's Job Responsibilities:

• Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary and ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; and providing fresh water and nourishment between meals.
• Provides adjunct care by administering enemas, douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, sitz and therapeutic baths; and applying restraints.
• Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine and recording intake and output information.
• Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; and reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor.
• Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.
• Maintains work operations by following policies and procedures.
• Protects organization's value by keeping patient information confidential.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, participating in professional organizations, and maintaining licensure.
• Enhances nursing department and hospital reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

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CNA Skills and Qualifications:

• Basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology
• Knowledge of relevant nursing care
• Friendly and professional bedside manner
• Effective oral, written, and reading communication skills
• Understands legal implications of patient care