Certified Nursing Assistant Med Surg PRN 2

16200 St James Healthcare; Louisiana; On-site; USD 24,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Intermountain Health is hiring for an as-needed patient care partner on the Med-Surg floor in Montana. The role requires assisting patients, delivering meals, transporting individuals, and communicating with the care team to ensure smooth patient flow.

The position emphasizes adherence to infection prevention, accurate documentation, and proactive participation in admissions and discharges while maintaining a high standard of patient service. On-site orientation is required.

Qualifications

• Requires ability to read and assess patient needs and operate monitors.
• Strong communication with care providers, patients, and visitors.
• Demonstrates manual dexterity to document and handle equipment.

Responsibilities

• Perform care as delegated by the RN and document care each shift.
• Receive RN reports and coordinate care plans related to ADLs.
• Answer calls and assist with meals, mobility, and transport.
• Stock rooms and supplies, update care boards with patient plans.
• Adhere to infection prevention strategies and participate in rounds.
• Support admissions, discharges, and overall patient care coordination.

Skills

Manual dexterity

Verbal communication

Job description

Job Description: Assists patients with healthcare needs who are ill or recovering from surgery or disease. Prior to applying, please review: To support the scheduling needs of the department, candidates must have availability across all seven days and nights of the week. Scheduling will be based on department needs and available preceptor coverage. New caregivers must also be available to attend on-site orientation on Monday and Tuesday of their first week. In-person attendance during these initial orientation days helps provide a smooth and successful onboarding experience.

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Carries out care as delegated by the RN.
• Receives report from RN daily by 0830 or 2030 to coordinate plan of care related to ADL's.
• Documents all ADL's for each patient every shift.
• Answers lights, or intercom system to determine patients' needs.
• Serves and collects food trays and feeds patients requiring help.
• Transports patients or assists patients to walk.
• Runs errands, and direct visitors.
• Participates in admission/discharge activities.
• Accurately documents the care provided to patient during shift.
• Adheres to infection prevention strategies.
• Stock rooms with supplies.
• Stock isolation racks with supplies.
• Responsible to perform purposeful rounding.
• Updates "care boards" to include name, plan related to ADL/s, date

Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Posting Specifics

• Entry Rate: Depending on experience PLUS shift differentials
• Benefits Eligible: No
• Shift Details: PRN 2: must work 4 shifts per 6-week schedule, one holiday shift per calendar year, two weekend shift per schedule
• Department: Med-Surg - primary floor will be 3rd, but will float to 5th floor as necessary, and occasionally to the ED as a sitter.
• This position is a Teamsters position so union dues/ membership is mandatory

Location & Pay

• Location: St James Hospital
• Work City: Butte
• Work State: Montana
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0
• Hourly range: $17.50 - $26.25 (Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience)

Headquartered in Utah with locations in six primary states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Health is a nonprofit system of 34 hospitals, 400+ clinics, a medical group of more than 4,800 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plan division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient healthcare delivery.

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