Compassionate Patient Care Assistant (CNA)

University of Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Utah Health seeks staff to provide patient care under the direction of a Registered Nurse. The role involves direct contact with patients and families and performing indirect patient care activities to support patients within their environment.

Responsibilities include assisting with daily activities, documenting care data, coordinating with hospital staff, and supporting clerical and unit-specific duties as needed. Flexible rotation and adherence to unit protocols are required.

Responsibilities

• Assists the patient with feeding, drinking, ambulating, grooming, toileting, dressing, socializing and unit specific technical skills.
• Reinforces or assists in educating and teaching patients/significant other(s) as delegated by the professional care provider.
• Collects, reports and documents data related to direct patient care activities.
• Assists with indirect patient care activities such as providing a clean, efficient and safe patient care environment, companion care, housekeeping, transporting of patients, and chaperoning the physician during patient examinations and procedures as needed.
• Performs unit specific duties and additional clerical duties as needed which may include stocking and maintaining clerical and patient supplies.
• Provides communication to hospital staff, physicians, patients, families, and visitors.
• Processes paper orders in the event of a downtime if working in the clerical role. Will enter "downtime occurrence order" and associated start and stop time in each patient record.
• May process electronic requests to order medical treatments and tests. May retrieve patient test and lab results.
• May schedule patient appointments.
• May maintain patient records and activity boards on unit as needed.
• May manage admits, discharges, and transfer functions per unit standard.
• May observe the cardiac monitor and notify the nursing and medical staff of any abnormal heart rhythm variances which indicate heart ischemia or an acute myocardial infarction.
• At the discretion of department operational and patient care needs, this position is required to work rotating

Job description

University of Utah Health seeks staff to provide patient care under the direction of a Registered Nurse. The role involves direct contact with patients and families and performing indirect patient care activities to support patients within their environment.

Responsibilities include assisting with daily activities, documenting care data, coordinating with hospital staff, and supporting clerical and unit-specific duties as needed. Flexible rotation and adherence to unit protocols are required.