Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryNursing & Frontline Patient Care
About the job
Requirements
Hold current Certified Nursing Assistant licensure in the State of Washington and be listed on the registry with a current license.
Hold current Basic Life Support certification upon hire and throughout employment.
Have knowledge of electronic health records and document activities of daily living, intake and output, bowel and bladder information, behaviors, vital signs, and weights completely and accurately, or as directed by the registered nurse.
Be able to admit and discharge patients using the electronic health record.
Have knowledge and skills appropriate for all nursing units, including North Wing, West Wing, the emergency room, and outpatient services, and be competent to work in all OMHC nursing units.
Be able to operate all essential patient-care equipment.
Responsibilities
Provide individualized personal care to patients using the Nursing Care Plan in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Work collaboratively with peers and team members, using tactful and diplomatic communication in potentially sensitive or emotionally charged situations.
Take responsibility for the position and complete duties with minimal supervisor direction when appropriate.
Assist patients with activities of daily living while considering their individual needs.
Provide personal hygiene measures and use correct procedures to promote good skin care.
Assist patients in using assistive devices for ambulation, dressing, eating, and positioning, while allowing opportunities for self-care.
Promote and assist patient participation in activities.
Provide care outlined in the Nursing Care Plan through Nursing Orders.
Perform technical skills considered basic to the scope of service on the unit.
Treat patients, visitors, and families with respect and dignity, and identify and address psychosocial needs.
Assist patients in obtaining adequate nutrition, including fluid intake and supplements.
Follow procedures to support adequate bladder and bowel elimination or retraining.
Adjust care for patients’ physical or mental limitations.
Provide care that avoids the need for physical restraints and demonstrate proper application when restraints are necessary.
Document body functions, including vital signs, weight, and intake and output measurements, and notify the registered nurse of abnormalities.
Replenish and order supplies and promptly report maintenance needs.
Support and promote unit, department, and facility policies, procedures, and goals.
Complete assigned cleaning tasks according to the established schedule.
Provide care for dying patients and postmortem care, including assisting with transfers when needed.
Complete tasks assigned by the licensed nurse within the NAR/NAC scope of practice.
Read, understand, and follow care plans.
Perform rehabilitation programs for patients as outlined by physical therapy.
Provide training and orientation for new nursing or agency staff as needed.
Assist other departments as necessary when needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Description
Description
Certified Nursing Assistant [CNA] - Hospital - Part-TIme Days
P/T - CNA - Hospital Main
12-hour shifts (plus weekend and applicable shift differentials).
Base Pay $22.77 – $39.26 / hour DOE
Union CBA position
Primary Focus:
Provides personal individualized care to patients/patients utilizing the Nursing Care Plan in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary team to deliver quality care.
Essential Functions:
Works collaboratively with peers and team members, using tactful, diplomatic communication techniques in potentially sensitive or emotionally charged situations.
Takes responsibility of this position and completes duties with minimal direction for supervisor when appropriate.
Assists patients with ADL’s skillfully with consideration for individual needs.
Provides personal hygiene measures appropriately.
Utilizes correct procedures in order to promote good skin care.
Assists patient in using assistive devices in ambulation, dressing, eating, positioning, and allowing opportunity for self-care.
Promotes and assists patients’ participation in activities.
Provides care outlined utilizing the Nursing Care Plan through utilization of Nursing Orders.
Performs competently those technical skills considered basic to the scope of service on the unit.
Treats patients, visitors and families with respect and dignity; identifies and addresses psychosocial needs.
Assists the patient in the provision of adequate nutrition, including fluid intake and supplements.
Follows procedures to aid adequate bladder and bowel elimination/retraining.
Adjusts for physical and/or mental limitations of patients/patients.
Provides care to avoid the need for physical restraints and when necessary, demonstrates proper application,
Documents body functions including vital signs, weight, intake and output measurements and notifies the RN of any abnormalities.
Replenishes and orders supplies. Reports all maintenance needs promptly.
Supports and promotes unit, department, and facility policies, procedures and goals.
Completes assigned cleaning tasks according to established schedule (DME).
Provides care for the dying patient and provides postmortem care (may need to assist with transferring).
Completes tasks as assigned by the Licensed Nurse within the NAR/NAC’s Scope of Practice.
Reads, understands, and follows care plans.
Performs rehab program to patients/patients as outlined by PT.
Knowledge of Electronic Health Records with complete and accurate documentation of ADL’s, I&O’s, B&B, behaviors, VS, weights or as directed by RN.
Able to admit and discharge a patient using the EHR.
Knowledge and skills appropriate for all nursing units (North Wing, West Wing, ER, and Outpatient Services) and competent ability to work in all nursing units of OMHC.
Able to operate all essential patient care equipment.
May need to assist other departments as necessary.
Provides training and orientation for new nursing or agency staff as needed.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits: At OMHC we value our employees and one of the ways that we show that is in our amazing benefits package.
We have 6 paid holidays a year, as well as
Generous paid PTO vacation time along with EIB sick leave, with PTO Cash back availability.
We offer an EAP (Employee Assistance Plan) for you and your eligible dependents at no cost to you..
We also offer a generous retirement program, as our 401 matches at up to 6%, after meeting vesting requirements which is vested after 12 months/1,000 Hours of Service.
Base Pay $22.77 – $39.26/hour DOE, plus Applicable Shift Differentials. This is a Unionized position.
Requirements
Required Education and Certification
Current Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.) licensure in the State of Washington
Must be listed on the Registry with a current license in the State of Washington