Per Diem Certified Nursing Assistant - Med​/Surg

Overview

PER DIEM OPENING(S)

As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada’s highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients. We are home to Nevada's ONLY Level I Trauma Center, Designated Pediatric Trauma Center, Burn Care Center, and Transplant Center.

We are a Pathway Designated facility by ANCC, and we are on our journey to Magnet status.

Under direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, assists the nursing staff in performing routine nursing care duties, and to provide assistance in the care of patients and their environments.

- This PER DIEM posting is for Various Medical Surgical Departments - including those below, subject to current and future openings
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• 2 SO MS - 6094
• 4 NO - 6084
• 2 W MS - 6092
• 4 SO - 6086
• 1400 MS - 6088
• 5 NO - 6090
• IP ORTHO - 6083
• 5 SO - 6180
• CDU/TCU - 6231

Equivalent to graduation from high school and six (6) months of clinical experience.

Valid Certification by the State of Nevada Board of Nursing as a Nursing Assistant. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification accepted by the American Heart Association (AHA).

• Must Document
  : 1+ year(s) recent Certified Nursing Assistant experience in an Acute Care Setting.
• Recent documented experience on a Medical/Surgical Unit.
• Recent documented experience with vent patients.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; operation of general office equipment; basic medical terminology; basic mathematics; medical equipment; universal precautions; department and hospital safety practices; patient rights; infection control practices and policies; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures; age-specific patient care practices.

Performing and documenting vital signs; measuring and recording input and output; providing and assisting with activities of daily living; using good body mechanics; communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds under stressful conditions; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.

Mobility to work in a typical clinical setting and use standard equipment, including stamina to remain standing and/or walk for extended periods of time and strength to assist in the examination and treatment of varied patients, vision to read printed materials and a VDT screen, and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.