Compassionate CNA — Patient Care Assistant

GBMC HealthCare; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

GBMC HealthCare is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant to provide direct and indirect patient care under the supervision of a licensed nurse at our Baltimore facility.

The role requires a high school diploma or equivalent, MD CNA registration, and CPR certification. A minimum of 6 months of direct patient care experience is preferred, with strong reading, writing, and interpersonal skills to document vital signs and assist with activities of daily living.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or equivalent.
• Heart Saver (CPR Certification).
• CNA.
• Current registration with State of Maryland Board of Nursing Examiners of Nurses as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
• At least 6 months experience in direct patient care preferred.
• Ability to read and write English to provide basic patient care, to understand and communicate detailed instructions relating to basic patient care, and perform simple calculations in order to take and record weights, vital signs, and routine information in patient charts.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to interact with patients, visitors, physicians, and other staff in a courteous manner.
• Competent to safety handle medications.

Responsibilities

• Provides for care, comfort, and safety of assigned patients under direct supervision of nurse.
• Uses proper infection prevention techniques.
• Performs and records delegated nursing care procedures.
• Observes patients and reports reactions or changes in condition to appropriate nursing personnel.
• Utilizes resources conscientiously.
• Assists patients with basic activities of daily living (bathing, toileting, oral hygiene, etc.), including changing linens.
• Assists in patient mobility and turning, as needed.
• Transfer/transport medications from one area to another as needed.
• Distributes patient trays and nourishments, fills water pitchers, assists patients with feeding if necessary, and collects trays at end of meal as needed.

Skills

Read/Write English

Interpersonal skills

Medications safety

Education

HS Diploma or equivalent

Job description

GBMC HealthCare is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant to provide direct and indirect patient care under the supervision of a licensed nurse at our Baltimore facility.

The role requires a high school diploma or equivalent, MD CNA registration, and CPR certification. A minimum of 6 months of direct patient care experience is preferred, with strong reading, writing, and interpersonal skills to document vital signs and assist with activities of daily living.