Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) PRN/FULL TIME

Sweetwater Care; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Sweetwater Care is seeking a compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant to support patients with activities of daily living, including feeding, mobility, turning and positioning, and providing nourishment between meals.

You will document observations, assist with vital signs and weight, test urine, and record intake and output while maintaining confidentiality and following hospital policies and procedures. This role emphasizes patient comfort and professional standards.

Responsibilities

• Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients, and ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; providing water and nourishment between meals.
• Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine and recording intake and output information.
• Provides patient comfort by transporting patients; answering call lights and requests; reporting observations to nursing supervisor.
• Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.
• Maintains work operations by following policies and procedures and protecting patient confidentiality.
• Adheres to hospital standards, federal, state, local requirements, and JCAHO standards.
• Updates job knowledge by educational opportunities and reading professional publications.
• Enhances nursing department and hospital reputation by accepting new requests and adding value to job accomplishments.

Job description

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.
• 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.