Hands-On Patient Care Assistant (CNA)

GBMC HealthCare; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 20,664 - 30,307; Full time

Job summary

GBMC HealthCare in Baltimore, MD is seeking a Nursing Assistant to provide direct and indirect patient care under the supervision of a licensed nurse. The role requires a High School diploma or equivalent, and CPR certification (Heart Saver). Certification as a CNA and Maryland state registration are preferred.

At least 6 months of direct patient care experience is preferred. The position emphasizes patient safety, proper infection control, and teamwork within a unified care environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and write English to provide basic patient care, understand and communicate detailed instructions relating to basic patient care, and perform simple calculations 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 safely handle medications.

Responsibilities

• Provides 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.
• Transfers/transports 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.
• Promptly responds to patients' call lights to determine patients' needs in a timely manner and responds to routine requests and relays information to nursing personnel as needed

Skills

Reading & writing English

Interpersonal skills

Medication handling

Education

HS Diploma or equivalent

Job description

GBMC HealthCare in Baltimore, MD is seeking a Nursing Assistant to provide direct and indirect patient care under the supervision of a licensed nurse. The role requires a High School diploma or equivalent, and CPR certification (Heart Saver). Certification as a CNA and Maryland state registration are preferred.

At least 6 months of direct patient care experience is preferred. The position emphasizes patient safety, proper infection control, and teamwork within a unified care environment.