Telemetry CNA: Compassionate Inpatient Care Team

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health; Gig Harbor (WA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in Gig Harbor, WA is seeking a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) to support patient care under RN direction.

You will provide basic personal care, assist with mobility and comfort, document clinical activities, and help integrate the patient’s plan of care as part of a collaborative interdisciplinary team. A CNA program completion and WA certification are required. CPR/BLS is required; hospital experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited Nursing Assistant program, upon hire
• Military medical specialty training and, upon hire
• Certified Nursing Assistant: WA, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR through the American Heart Association, upon hire

Responsibilities

• Provides patient personal care/hygiene and physical comfort, including feeding, bathing, shaving, changing clothes, bed making, ambulation, lifting, turning, moving, transferring, skin care and bowel/bladder elimination.
• Performs, monitors, reports and documents all clinical activities within scope of practice. Observes and reports changes in patient condition to the RN.
• Assists nursing staff in the admission, discharge and transfer of patient by performing activities such as inventory/storing patient belongings, orienting patient/family and transporting patient to room or other location using wheelchairs, stretchers or patient bed.
• Maintains a neat and organized work environment. Orders, stocks and replenishes supplies and equipment as necessary, identifies and reports problems with supplies or equipment; enters equipment repair request in system, tags equipment and removes from service.
• Maintains a safe work and patient environment, adhering to the hospital's Safety, Risk Management, Regulatory Standards and infection prevention.
• Participates in quality assurance/improvement initiatives and activities as requested. Participates in growth opportunities.

Skills

Communication

Patient care

Mobility assistance

Education

Nursing Assistant certification (WA)

Basic Life Support (CPR)

Accredited Nursing Assistant program

Military medical specialty training

Job description

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in Gig Harbor, WA is seeking a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) to support patient care under RN direction.

You will provide basic personal care, assist with mobility and comfort, document clinical activities, and help integrate the patient’s plan of care as part of a collaborative interdisciplinary team. A CNA program completion and WA certification are required. CPR/BLS is required; hospital experience is preferred.