Certified Nursing Assistant, Ortho and Neuro Unit

Mercyhealth • Full-time • Janesville, Wisconsin, United States • 3d ago

Overview

Janesville, Wisconsin - Meryhealth Hospital and Trauma Center
Day Shift Schedule
Every other weekend rotation

Beginning Summary- (Include as written below in all postings)

Experience a rewarding and fulfilling career with Mercyhealth. Mercyhealth is committed to offering our partners a best place to work. Our unique workplace Culture of Excellence is built upon:

Employee engagement, empowerment and growth
Teamwork toward our common goal – providing exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives better
An atmosphere of caring and quality that cascades throughout the organization

The Certified Nursing Assistant, CNA, Cares for patients in the hospital setting under direction of nursing staff, by performing the following duties, supporting the nursing philosophy. May include weekends, holidays, day, evening, night, and/or on-call hours. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and 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

Education and Experience

Completion of a CNA program.

Certification and Licensure

Current CNA certificate in applicable state.

Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days.

Skills and Abilities

Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers information and reports as appropriate; Works well in group problem solving situations; Remains calm when dealing with emotional topics.

Technical Skills - Assesses own strengths and weaknesses; Pursues training and development opportunities; Strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; Shares expertise with others; Consistently performs essential duties and responsibilities.

Interpersonal Skills - Focuses on resolving conflict, not blaming; Maintains confidentiality; Listens to others without interrupting; Keeps emotions under control; Remains open to others' ideas and tries new things.

Motivation - Sets and achieves challenging goals; Demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles; Self-directed in daily work routine, remaining productive during work hours.

Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; Reacts well under pressure; Treats others with respect and consideration; Accepts responsibility for own actions; Follows through on commitments.

Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly; Utilizes appropriate equipment for partner/patient safety, such as lifts and gait belts.

Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time, ready to accept assignment.

Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to leadership direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.

Special Physical Demands

The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Function of the position with or without accommodations.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, talk, hear, and use hands to handle, finger, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, steep, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste, and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 lbs. and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities include close vision, color vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Level of Supervision

N/A

Supervises

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Benefits

Mercyhealth offers a generous total rewards package to eligible employees including, but not limited to:

· Comprehensive Benefits Package: Mercyhealth offers a retirement plan with competitive matching contribution, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options, life and disability coverage, access to flexible spending plans, and a variety of other discounted voluntary benefit options.

· Competitive Compensation: Mercyhealth offers market competitive rates of pay and participates in various shift differential and special pay incentive programs.

· Paid Time Off: Mercyhealth offers a generous paid time off plan, which increases with milestone anniversaries, to allow employees the opportunity for a great work-life balance.

· Career Advancement: Mercyhealth offers a number of educational assistance programs and career ladders to support employees in their educational journey and advancement within Mercyhealth.

· Employee Wellbeing: Mercyhealth has a focus on wellbeing for employees across the organization and offers a number of tools and resources, such as an employer-sponsored health risk assessment and a Wellbeing mobile application, to assist employees on their wellbeing journey.

· Additional Benefits: Mercyhealth employees have access to our internal and external employee assistance programs, employee-only discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on-demand pay, special payment programs for patient services, and financial education to help with retirement planning.

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