Night Shift Patient Care Tech — Compassionate CNA

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Penn Medicine's Nursing 6 Cathcart Team seeks a part-time night shift Patient Care Tech (CNA) to assist with patient care, vital signs, ADLs, and tasks under RN supervision. The CNA will provide compassionate, individualized care on a 43-bed unit with a focus on safety and quality.

Responsibilities include handoffs, patient communication, call signals responses, and documentation, while maintaining dignity and patient-centered care at all times. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• CNA Certification by the State of Pennsylvania or RN without a BSN Degree.
• American Heart Association BLS (Required)
• HS Diploma/GED required.
• Matriculated in an accredited BSN Nursing Program preferred; minimally completed the nursing foundations/fundamentals clinical course with a 3.0 GPA overall and in the nursing major.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a genuine care for the patient, e.g., active listening and responding, gentle approach to providing care, knock then identify yourself before entering a patient's space, provide timely information to patients in a caring manner; ensure an individualized approach to care to include cultural sensitivities, anticipate patent needs based on dialogue and observation
• Active participation in daily RN/CNA handoffs and unit huddles
• Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support.
• Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
• Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising. Assist patient in their independence (when appropriate), preserving the patient's dignity while providing care.
• Timely notification and escalation of data or clinical data/information
• Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities.
• Collecting and recording vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.
• Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.
• Demonstrates flexibility/change in assignments based on patient acuity and unit needs
• Demonstrate safe patient handling skills, proper hand hygiene
• Demonstrates support of quality and safety measures in the work environment, e.g., demonstrated support of the unit's Quality Assessment Performance Improvement (QAPI) goals
• Ensure actions and behaviors demonstrate their support in creating a positive, caring and healing patient environment
• Consistently focus on improving the patient experience

Education

HS Diploma or GED

BSN program preferred; foundations completed

CNA Certification by the State of Pennsylvania or RN without a BSN

American Heart Association BLS

Job description

Penn Medicine's Nursing 6 Cathcart Team seeks a part-time night shift Patient Care Tech (CNA) to assist with patient care, vital signs, ADLs, and tasks under RN supervision. The CNA will provide compassionate, individualized care on a 43-bed unit with a focus on safety and quality.

Responsibilities include handoffs, patient communication, call signals responses, and documentation, while maintaining dignity and patient-centered care at all times. Equal opportunity employer.