Certified Nursing Assistant

Next Level Staffing; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare staffing agency is seeking committed individuals to assist patients in daily living activities and provide essential care. Responsibilities include checking vital signs, maintaining patient comfort, and ensuring confidentiality. Candidates are expected to adhere to established medical standards and participate in ongoing education. This role offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enhancing the reputation of the healthcare facility.

Qualifications

• Assists with activities of daily living (ADLs) such as meals, feeding, ambulation, turning, and positioning.
• Provides adjunct care like enemas, douches, dressings, preps, ice/heat, sitz baths and restraints.
• Monitors patient stability by checking vitals and recording intake/output.
• Ensures patient comfort by transporting, answering calls, and reporting observations.
• Documents actions with forms, reports, logs, and records.
• Follows policies to maintain operations and protects patient confidentiality.
• Adheres to professional standards, hospital policies, and regulatory requirements (JCAHO).
• Keeps nursing knowledge up to date through education and licensure maintenance.
• Contributes to department and hospital reputation by taking initiative and seeking new value.

Responsibilities

• Assists with activities of daily living and provides fresh water and nourishment.
• Administers adjunct care including enemas and dressings.
• Checks vital signs and maintains patient stability.
• Transports patients and answers calls while reporting observations.
• Completes forms, reports, logs, and records.
• Follows policies and procedures to maintain work operations.
• Keeps patient information confidential.
• Adheres to professional standards and healthcare regulations.
• Participates in educational opportunities to update job knowledge.
• Explores opportunities for enhancing hospital reputation.

Job description

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 organizations value by keeping patient information confidential.
• Serves and protects the hospital community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures; federal, state, and local requirements; and jcaho standards.
• 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.