Night Shift CNA—Patient Care & Training Support

Mercy Health Corporation; Freeport (IL); On-site; USD 24,000 - 35,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life & Disability Insurance

FSA/HSA Options

Paid time off

Parental and caregiver leave

Tuition and certification reimbursemen

Well-being Programs

Employee discounts

Job summary

Mercyhealth in Illinois seeks a Certified Nursing Assistant to provide hands-on patient care during night shifts with 24 hours per week. You will take vital signs, monitor telemetry, support with catheters, drains, and devices under RN supervision, and document care.

The role floats between units, trains new partners, and assists with units' performance improvement. CNA certification and CPR/BLS are required within 90 days; completion of a CNA program is mandatory.

Qualifications

• Completion of a CNA program.
• Current CNA certificate in applicable state.
• Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care as assigned and per routine as defined by educational scope, according to standards of care, shift routines, and policies and procedures.
• Answers call lights in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Documents care provided according to standards.
• Maintains a clean work and patient environment.
• Maintains supplies, including scanning, stocking and ordering new supplies and disposing of expired or damaged supplies.
• Floats to various units based on identified patient care needs.
• Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities.
• Training/precepting new partners in collaboration with unit educator
• Blood Glucose Monitoring (BGM) with lab personnel
• Bladder scanning procedure reviewed
• Bladder scanner training complete (check off sheet for competency)
• Attaching patient to remote telemetry or bedside cardiac monitor
• Managing and reporting collection devices
• Colostomy, ileostomy or other fecal management systems: care and output measures
• Indwelling catheters: care and output measures
• Nasogastric tubes to suction
• Surgical drains under direction of supervising RN
• Competent in completing vital signs: Manual process for blood pressure and required reporting of abnormal values to supervising RN
• Discontinue invasive devices under the direction of the supervising RN
• Indwelling (Foley) catheters
• Nasogastric tubes
• Peripherally inserted intravenous catheters
• Similar devices as appropriate

Skills

Vital signs

Telemetry monitoring

Patient care

Documentation

Clean environment

Training others

Blood glucose monitoring

Bladder scan

Catheter care

Safety procedures

Education

CNA program

CNA certificate

CPR/BLS certification

Job description

Mercyhealth in Illinois seeks a Certified Nursing Assistant to provide hands-on patient care during night shifts with 24 hours per week. You will take vital signs, monitor telemetry, support with catheters, drains, and devices under RN supervision, and document care.

The role floats between units, trains new partners, and assists with units' performance improvement. CNA certification and CPR/BLS are required within 90 days; completion of a CNA program is mandatory.