Certified Nursing Assistant – Birthplace (32/N)

Beth-Israel-Lahey-Health; Jabez Corner (MA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health in Massachusetts is hiring a Certified Nurse Assistant to support patients across admission, transfer, discharge and daily care in a busy acute care unit.

You will assist with meals, personal care, vitals, documentation, and safety, under RN supervision. Requires MA CNA license or active nursing program enrollment and BLS certification.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or equivalency.
• Current MA Certified Nurse Assistant License, EMT License, or enrollment in Nursing Program with clinical hours.
• Active American Heart Association BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Admission/Transfer/Discharge support: prepare rooms, greet and escort patients, manage belongings.
• Provide basic nursing care: daily living activities, oral hygiene, feeding assistance, vitals, and comfort.
• Record patient care activities in the Electronic Medical Record with accuracy.
• Respond to call bells promptly and support safety in patient areas.
• Stock rooms and maintain a clean, safe environment.

Skills

English proficiency

Organizational skills

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

MA Certified Nurse Assistant License

EMT License

Nursing program enrollment

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.32hpw; 11p-7:30a, rotating weekend and holidays

Job Description

Duties/Responsibilities

• Admission/Transfer/Discharge Functions: Ready patients’ room, greet and escort patient to their room, inventory possessions, assist with packing personal possessions.
• Food Service Functions: Prepare patients for meals, serve food trays and snacks, assist with feeding as needed, record food/fluid intake, keep water pitchers filled, assist with after meal care.
• Personnel Functions: Perform all tasks in accordance with policies/procedures, report all complaints/grievances made by the patient.
• Personal Nursing Care Functions: Assist/provide patients with activities of daily living such as oral hygiene, bath functions, dressing/undressing, bowel/bladder functions, transporting, obtaining blood sugar levels, and vital signs in a manner that promotes and maintains patient’s dignity; Provide all functions as delegated by Registered Nursing Staff; Ensure patient room is ready for expected admission, i.e., name tags, admission kit, etc.
• Conduct purposeful Rounding using the TLC model.
• Respond to call bells in a timely manner.
• Alert nursing staff to abnormal findings during the execution of patient care duties.
• Stocking patient rooms and patient care areas with supplies needed for patient care.
• Updating white board with appropriate information regarding personnel and daily activities.
• Help to maintain a safe patient environment free of tripping hazards.
• Provide constant observation as a safety sitter to patients once trained.
• Comply will all mandatory education as assigned.
• Accurately document all relevant patient care activities in the Electronic Medical Record.

Education / Registration / Certification Required

• High School graduate or equivalency or current enrollment in a co-op program required.
• Current MA Certified Nurse Assistant License, EMT License, or current enrollment in a Nursing Program with sufficient hours of clinical rotation required.
• Active American Heart Association BLS certification required upon hire.
• Must be able to read, write, and follow written and oral directions in English at the 12th grade level.
• Excellent organizational skills and work pace consistent with working in a busy, acute care unit.
• As with all job assignments, staff may be floated to areas where they are needed.

Additional Information

Pay Range: \$18.81 - \$33.00

This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement. The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. The pay range for this position is established and governed by the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Employees hired into this position will receive compensation consistent with the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled