Weekend Telemetry CNA - Per Diem, Patient Care Pro

Owensboro Health; Owensboro (KY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Owensboro Health is seeking a Per Diem Nursing Assistant to provide direct patient care under the supervision of a registered nurse at Twin Lakes Medical Center. The role involves greeting and orienting patients, ensuring a positive patient experience, and collaborating with the care team to promote safety and high-quality care.

The position requires a Kentucky SRNA certification upon hire and Basic Life Support within 90 days.

Qualifications

• Requires critical thinking and decisive judgment.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision in a high-stress hospital setting.
• Certification as SRNA in Kentucky is required upon hire; BLS within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Greets and orients new patients to the hospital environment, room and unit routines.
• Creates positive patient experience by focusing on what matters most to the patient and visitor/s.
• Fosters patient engagement by involving the patient and/or significant others in handoff to proactively meet patient needs and assure a safe environment through intentional rounding.
• Provides ongoing communication through regular updates to the patient-room care board.
• Promotes a Culture of Safety by mindfully integrating Error Prevention tools into daily routines.
• Contributes to the assessment of patients by collecting data for review by a nurse and reports abnormal findings.
• Documents patient progress toward goals and ensures documentation is accurate, complete, specific, and timely.
• Assists nursing staff to identify physical, psychosocial, age-specific, and cultural considerations of each patient.
• May monitor tube system and handle medication in accordance with medication safe handling practice.
• May update diet orders and verifies tray deliveries meet diet requirements.
• May electronically transfer patients in and out of the unit including facilitation of direct admit process, completion of discharge in EMR, assembling paper-lite chart, and assisting with patient bed placement.
• May arrange for patient transport services.
• May enter work orders and obtain supplies from materials.
• May enter staff assignments into Responder 5 System and verify staff have logged in and out of the system.
• May perform continuous observation of EKG monitors for assigned groups of patients, while communicating any changes in rhythm to appropriate staff.
• May determine, review, and revise alarm settings for each patient based on physician orders and telemetry protocols.

Skills

Critical thinking

Decisive judgment

Stress management

Patient interaction

Education

State Registered Nurse Assistant (KY)

High school diploma / GED

Tools

EMR

Responder 5 System

Job description

Owensboro Health is seeking a Per Diem Nursing Assistant to provide direct patient care under the supervision of a registered nurse at Twin Lakes Medical Center. The role involves greeting and orienting patients, ensuring a positive patient experience, and collaborating with the care team to promote safety and high-quality care.

The position requires a Kentucky SRNA certification upon hire and Basic Life Support within 90 days.