Compassionate Evening/Night Patient Care Technician

greatriverhealth; West Burlington (IA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

Health, Dental and Vision plans

Paid time off (PTO)

Education Assistance Program

Employee Referral Bonus

Job summary

Great River Health is seeking a compassionate CNA to provide basic patient care under the direction of a licensed nurse in a hospital setting. Scheduled hours are 6:30pm to 7:00am, every other weekend, with responsibilities across Adult, Medical/Surgical, Geriatric and Telemetry units.

Responsibilities include bedside shift reports, patient safety, ADL assistance, specimen collection, charting, and collaboration with nursing staff to ensure timely care and safe transfers.

Qualifications

• Completion of C.N.A. course (or complete within four months of hire date) Required
• Computer experience Required
• Health care experience within the last five years Preferred

Responsibilities

• Answer patients' call lights in a timely manner and address requests or reports to co-worker to fulfill the request.
• Perform skin assessment and report abnormal results to licensed nurse in a timely manner.
• Perform activities of daily living (ADL’s).
• Maintain clean patient rooms and change linens, as appropriate.
• Collect and correctly label specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum.
• Deliver messages, documents, and specimens.
• Feed patients who are unable to feed themselves.
• Observe patients' conditions, such as measuring and recording intake and output and vital signs; report changes to professional staff in a timely manner.
• Provide patients with help walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed.
• Transport patients to treatment units, using a wheelchair or stretcher.
• Turn and reposition patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent pressure ulcers.
• Proactively monitors patients for safety and communicates to licensed nurse the need for any monitoring devices (alarms).
• Consistently uses patient safety devices.
• Document activities performed in the medical record in an accurate and timely manner.
• Perform blood glucose monitoring and report abnormal results to licensed nurse in a timely manner.
• Perform quality monitoring as directed: BGM, etc.
• Appropriate use of bed/chair alarms for fall prevention.
• Greet visitors and callers to ascertain purpose of visit or call, and direct them to appropriate staff.
• Facilitate admissions, discharges and transfers in collaboration with other staff.

Skills

Patient care

Vital signs

Documentation

ADL assistance

Communication

Education

CNA course

Job description

Great River Health is seeking a compassionate CNA to provide basic patient care under the direction of a licensed nurse in a hospital setting. Scheduled hours are 6:30pm to 7:00am, every other weekend, with responsibilities across Adult, Medical/Surgical, Geriatric and Telemetry units.

Responsibilities include bedside shift reports, patient safety, ADL assistance, specimen collection, charting, and collaboration with nursing staff to ensure timely care and safe transfers.