Certified Nursing Assistant PRN Med Surg

Overview

Job Description: The Certified Nurse Assistant functions as a clinical support partner to assist the patient care team by performing various tasks and procedures as instructed by a licensed professional.

PRN 1:
Must work two shifts per 6-week schedule

Our medical unit is a 26-bed unit with a wide variety of patients and diagnoses. Your role will be to assist patients in ambulation, bathing, feeding, admission and discharge. Your role also may include being a patient sitter. You will have the opportunity to be a preceptor after six months of employment. It is a great unit for learning and obtaining and perfecting skills.

Our team is eager, excited, welcoming and we have excellent teamwork. We would love to welcome you as part of our team!

• Responds to patient care needs by answering call lights, assisting patients with hygiene care, obtaining vital signs, and communicating constructively, effectively and timely with members of the care team.
• Performs 12-lead EKG duties commensurate with the level of training received and competency.
• Apply, check and document restraints as directed by the RN or physician.
• Performs wound care, stoma care, and specimen collection.
• Performs equipment and tube care/management e.g. JPs, hemovacs and nasogastric tubes, and Foley removal.
• Assists with patient transfers, admissions and discharges as directed and in compliance with the principles of safe patient handling.
• Orders and maintains office and patient care floor stock/supplies.
• Performs the duties of unit secretary. Maintains patient charts, responds to phone calls, maintains daily assignment board, provides equipment care/cleaning, performs errands associated with patient care and provides accurate information about the patient with interdisciplinary team.
• Assist physicians and RNs as directed.

• Successful completion of an accredited nursing assistant training program
• Certification as a Nursing Assistant (C N A ) in the state of Montana
• BLS Certification through the AHA within 60 days of hire

Ongoing needs and physical requirements:
Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require the ability to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations. Manual dexterity to manipulate equipment. Ability to lift and transfer patients. Walking and mobility assistance. Standing for extended periods. This includes navigating crowded rooms with equipment.

St James Hospital

Butte

Montana

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The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$17.50 - $26.25

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

All positions subject to close without notice.