Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA/PCT) - SRNA Certification

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Corbin (KY); On-site; USD 29,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Corbin, KY is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant for the Progressive Care Unit (PCU) with PRN and 1st shift availability. The CNA will provide direct patient care under RN supervision, assist with hygiene, activity, and routine tasks, and document I&O while maintaining patient dignity and safety.

The role requires Kentucky CNA certification or completion of a nursing program, and a Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.

Qualifications

• Current Kentucky Nurse Aide Certification or completion of a nursing program
• High School Diploma or equivalent required; Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire

Responsibilities

• Perform direct patient care and basic nursing tasks as outlined by scope of practice
• Assist patients with personal hygiene and daily living activities
• Record intake and output; collect, label and transport specimens for lab analysis
• Change and transport soiled linens; maintain clean patient environment
• Assist with activities and repositioning as ordered, in collaboration with the nurse
• Communicate patient information and findings to the assigned nurse
• Set priorities for care of multiple patients

Skills

Nurse Aide Certification (KY)

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Job description

Certified Nursing Assistant – Progressive Care Unit PRN PRN – 1st Shift BHCOR-Cor ICU CCU/PCU Dept.

Summary Job Description: I Corbin, KY Critical Care is a 10-bed unit providing critical care for patients with both medical and surgical diagnosis. Performs care requires substantial specialized knowledge, judgement and nursing skills based upon the principles of psychological, biological, physical and social sciences in the application of the nursing process. Utilizes high-level assessment skills to design and ensure multidisciplinary patient care to meet holistic needs, incorporating established practice guidelines and regulatory standards. State Registered Nurse Assistant Under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse (RN) or other licensed care team member, the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) provides direct and indirect patient care. The CNA provides excellence in patient care while respecting human dignity and the uniqueness of everyone. Empathy, compassion, communication, and teamwork are the hallmarks of the PCT-nurse-patient relationship.

Responsibilities

• Perform direct patient care and related tasks as outlined by scope of practice and including but not limited to: Assist patients in personal hygiene activities such as bathing, dental and oral care, hair, and nail care.
• Assist patients with bowel and bladder functions while maintaining dignity.
• Records patient intake and output (I & O).
• Collects, labels, and transports specimens for laboratory analysis.
• Changes and transports soiled and contaminated linens according to procedure.
• Maintains clean and tidy patient room/environment.
• Assist patients with activity, turning and repositioning as indicated by provider order and in collaboration with the nurse.
• Communicates pertinent patient information/findings to patient’s nurse.
• Sets priorities for the care of multiple patients.

Requirements

• Current Kentucky Nurse Aide Certification required or successful completion of first year of a Nursing program and validation of a clinical rotation consistent with level of education.
• High School Diploma or equivalent Basic Life Support (must be obtained within 30 days of hire)

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law.

Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post-offer, pre-employment drug testing.

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Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.