SEARHC

Youth and family behavioral health care

Certified Nursing Assistant

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeWrangell, AK, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Must have the ability to react calmly and make sound judgments within the scope of duties when caring for ill patients and residents and during emergencies.
Must be able to lift non-ambulatory patients or residents regularly.
Must maintain a caring attitude when dealing with acute and non-acute patients, residents, and families, and work at a rapid pace under constant pressure to complete nursing assignments and answer call lights.
Must maintain accountability for all actions and accept delegation from a supervising licensed nurse.
Have a high school diploma or equivalent.
Obtain clinical competency within three months of hire and every three years.
Hold a Certified Nursing Assistant certificate from an accredited program.
Hold a current, full, unrestricted Certified Nursing Assistant license in Alaska.
Obtain current Basic Life Support certification within three months of hire and before completing clinical orientation, and renew it every two years thereafter.
Take and pass courses specific to unit needs, such as point-of-care or waived testing.
Follow instructions and demonstrate relevant scope of practice while caring for patients and residents, maintaining a safe environment and appropriate infection-control measures.
Demonstrate knowledge of correct equipment use and the ability to distinguish normal from abnormal patient or resident findings as identified in the plan of care with a nurse's agreement.
Have oral and written communication skills; accurately transcribe and retrieve nursing data and verbally communicate findings to the healthcare team.
Maintain a clean work environment and use proper infection-control measures, including equipment cleaning.
Provide general nursing care with minimal direction under the supervision of a licensed nurse.
Work cooperatively with others and maintain interpersonal relationships with patients, visitors, and healthcare team members.
Maintain confidentiality of patient information.
Use patient, resident, visitor, or peer management techniques to defuse volatile situations.

Responsibilities

Obtain nursing data by interviewing and observing patients and residents under a licensed nurse's direction and review; document observation findings consistent with other providers under a licensed nurse's supervision.
Provide general nursing care to adult and geriatric patients and residents, including bed baths, oral hygiene, hair care, back care, dressing, applying heat or cold appliances, and applying anti-embolism stockings or sequential compression devices.
Monitor and record temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, and intake-output measurements.
Collect and transport specimens to the appropriate departments; identify normal and abnormal findings using the care plan or data-collection tools, report abnormal findings to the licensed nurse, and document findings as appropriate.
Report and, when appropriate, record changes in patient or resident condition or behavior and unusual incidents; perform additional tasks specific to the unit specialty.
Provide bedside care, including positioning, lifting and turning patients or residents, assisting with bedpans, urinals, or commodes, answering call lights, making rounds, ambulating patients or residents, and transporting them between departments as required.
Assist patients or residents with meals or feed them; care for their belongings, including dentures, glasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, and prosthetic devices; change bed linen, clean over-bed tables and bedside stands, straighten rooms, and provide other general care as needed.
Assist the licensed nurse in preparing a patient or resident for medical evacuation transport, including making phone calls, copying papers and charts, and providing direct patient care; provide one-to-one care or sitting when indicated for patient or resident safety.
Prepare nursing areas, patient or resident rooms, and beds for admissions, transfers, emergencies, or discharges; clean utility rooms and equipment and prepare equipment for disinfection or sterilization.
Report out-of-order equipment and other problems to the nurse manager or charge nurse; handle clean and dirty linen appropriately and store supplies in service areas.
Distribute and order supplies daily to maintain adequate stock levels in assigned units.
Float to other hospital departments as needed at the discretion of the nurse manager, charge nurse, or staff licensed nurse.
Dispose of solid and infectious waste according to organizational policies and procedures; replenish supplies in patient and resident rooms and bathrooms as needed.
Perform other duties assigned by the nurse manager, charge nurse, or staff nurse in a responsible, respectful, and caring manner that supports effective nursing staff relationships.
Participate in departmental, hospital, or community in-service and educational programs as assigned; complete mandatory training and annual competencies, maintain certifications and licensure, participate in patient or resident care conferences with nurse agreement as applicable, and attend and participate in at least 75% of staff meetings.

Desired Qualifications

One year of prior experience as a Certified Nursing Assistant is preferred.



To provide basic nursing care in Acute Care/Long Term Care to non-acute and/or acutely ill patients/residents while maintaining a safe and clean environment.

Must have the ability to react in a calm functional manner and make sound judgments within scope of duties when taking care of ill patients/residents and in the event of emergencies. Job requires lifting of patients/residents who are non-ambulatory on a regular interval. Mentally requires a caring attitude in dealing with both acute and non-acute patients/residents and families on a steady basis. Job pace is rapid and there is constant pressure on the job to complete nursing assignments and answer patient call lights. Maintain accountability for all actions taken. Accept delegation from supervising LN.

SEARHC is a non-profit health consortium which serves the health interests of the residents of Southeast Alaska. We see our employees as our strongest assets. It is our priority to further their development and our organization by aiding in their professional advancement.

Working at SEARHC is more than a job, it’s a fulfilling career. We offer generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health insurance, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term disability, and more.

Key Essential Functions and Accountabilities of the Job

Promotes the SEARHC Seven Standards of Excellence. Obtains nursing data through interviewing and observing patients/residents under a LN’s (Licensed Nurse) direction and review; documents observation findings that are consistent with other providers under a LN’s supervision; provides general nursing care for the adult, and geriatric population, which may include but not limited to: bed bath, oral hygiene, combing hair, back care, dressing patients, application of appliances for heat and cold; application of anti-embolism stockings or SCD’s; monitors and records temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height, blood pressure, pulse oximetry and intake-output measurements; collects and transports specimens to correct departments; able to distinguish between normal and abnormal findings as identified in the patient care plan or data collection tools and reports abnormal findings to the LN and records findings as appropriate; reports (and when appropriate, records) any changes observed in condition or behavior of patients/residents and unusual incidents. Performs other tasks and duties as specific to unit specialty.
Provides bed side care, which may include: positioning patients/residents, lifting and turning patients/residents, assisting in use of bedpan, urinal or commode; answers call lights; makes rounds to assigned patients/residents; ambulates patients/residents, transporting to and from various departments as required; assist patients/residents with meals or feeds patients/residents; aids in handling and the care of patients'/residents’ belongings (including dentures, glasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, prosthetic devices, etc.) throughout their stay; changing bed linen; cleaning over bed table and bedside stand, straightening room and other general care as needed. Assist LN with readying a patient/resident for medivac transport from the department, which may include but not limited to: making phone calls, copying papers and chart, and providing direct patient care. Provide 1:1 care/sitting for patients/residents when indicated for patient/resident safety.
Maintains a safe and clean environment by: preparing nursing areas and/or patient/resident rooms and beds for receiving patient/resident admissions, transfers, emergencies or discharges; assists in cleaning utility rooms, cleaning equipment and preparing for disinfection or sterilization; reports equipment that is out of order, reporting other problems to nurse manager or charge nurse; appropriately handles clean and dirty linen and stores supplies on the service area and other duties as assigned. Perform supply duties on a daily basis-- distributing and ordering supplies to maintain adequate stock levels in assigned units. Floats as needed to other departments in the hospital under nurse manager, charge nurse, or staff LN’s discretion.
Dispose of all solid waste and infectious waste according to organizational policies and procedures. Replenish supplies in patient/resident rooms and bathrooms as needed. Perform other duties as assigned by nurse manager, charge nurse, or staff nurse in a responsible, respectful, caring manner to promote the most effective nursing staff relationships. Other duties as assigned.
Participates in in-services and educational programs in the department, hospital, and/or community as assigned; completes all mandatory training; completes annual competencies, evaluation material, maintains certifications and licensure; participates in patient/resident care conferences with nurse agreement as applicable; attends and participates in at least 75% of staff meetings.

Additional Details:

Education

Basic Life Support
High school diploma or equivalent
Clinical Competency within 3 months of hire and every three years

Experience

1 year prior experience as a CNA preferred

Certification and Licensing

Certified Nursing Assistant certificate from an accredited program
Current full, unrestricted CNA license in the state of Alaska
Current BLS-must be obtained within 3 months of hire and prior to completion of clinical orientation; biannually thereafter
Must take and pass courses as specific to unit needs (i.e. POC/waived testing, etc.)

Knowledge of

Must be able to follow instructions and demonstrate relevant scope of practice when caring for patients/residents by maintaining a safe environment with appropriate infection controls measures.
Demonstrates the knowledge of correct equipment use.
Demonstrates knowledge between normal and abnormal patient/resident findings as identified on the plan of care with a nurse’s agreement.

Skills in

Oral and written communication skills, can transcribe and retrieve nursing data accurately, and can verbally communicate findings with healthcare team.
Competently maintains a clean work environment with proper infection control measure including equipment cleaning.
Provides general nursing care with minimal direction under the supervision of a LN.

Ability to

Ability to work cooperatively with others by establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships with patients, visitors, and other healthcare team members.
Assures confidentiality of patient information at all times.
Uses aggressive patient/resident management techniques to defuse any patient/visitor/peer volatile situations.

Position Information:

Work Shift:OT 8/40

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

About the Company

SEARHC

Youth and family behavioral health care

Juneau Youth Services provides emergency, residential, and community-based behavioral health care for children, teens, and their families in Alaska. Services are tailored and strengths-based, delivered in home-like, least-restrictive settings where trained caregivers and clinical professionals form therapeutic relationships to support youth development and family functioning. The programs operate under the Teaching Family Model and focus on keeping or reunifying children with their families when appropriate. The organization has about 25 staff and positions itself as the leading youth- and family-focused behavioral health provider in Juneau, aiming to help vulnerable youth succeed and thrive.

Company size: 11-50
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Juneau, AK
Founded: 1961

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