Certified Nursing Assistant

Certified Nursing Assistant – Days

Day position – 36 hours per week with rotating weekends and holidays.

The primary purpose of your job as a member of the nursing staff is to assist the nursing staff under the supervision of a licensed nurse. You will participate in a wide range of patient care activities for a mainly geriatric population, providing direct care and task‑oriented assignments.

• Implements patient care
• Implements clinical and technical aspects of care and nursing orders in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Intervenes with proper technique, procedure and safety precautions to meet individual needs of patient.
• Implements physician’s orders.
• Documents nursing intervention, patient response, effectiveness, complications, etc. communicates information to licensed nursing personnel.
• Consults with all available in‑house resource personnel and departments for treatment.
• Respects dignity and confidentiality of patient acting as an advocate.
• Provides a safe and secure environment for patient.
• Functions within limits of hospital and nursing department policies and procedures.
• Performs in a calm and professional manner during crisis and/or emergency situation.
• Accountability:
  Quality of work.
• Adheres to nursing dress code and wears identification pin.
• Demonstrates organizational skills in providing nursing care by ability to adopt changing workloads.
• Daily assignments are completed within an 8‑hour shift without compromising the quality of care.
• Performs according to policy:
• Temperature.
• Pulse.
• Respiration.
• Blood pressure.
• Weight/height.
• Prepares patient rooms on admission, daily, and upon patient request.
• 12‑lead EKG.
• O2 sat.
• Pulse oximeter.
• Patient personal hygiene.
• Positioning and transferring of patients.
• Specimen collection.
• Glucometer.
• Patient transportation.
• Maintains open communication channels with all colleagues and supervisors.
• Communicates factual and pertinent information in report.
• Documents according to policy.
• ADL flow sheet.
• Vital signs.
• Weight.
• Blood sugar.
• Intake and output.
• Restraint checklist.
• May be assigned additional tasks such as re‑stocking rooms, equipment maintenance, patient transportation.

Education:

High School Diploma or Equivalent required. Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree? No. Licenses and Credentials:
Nursing Assistant [Certified Patient Care Technician] – NCCT required. BLS required within 90 days of start date.

Previous medical/surgical experience preferred 0–1 year.

• Standing Frequently (34‑66%)
• Walking Frequently (34‑66%)
• Sitting Occasionally (3‑33%)
• Lifting Frequently (34‑66%) 35lbs+ (w/assisted device)
• Carrying Frequently (34‑66%) 20lbs – 35lbs
• Pushing Occasionally (3‑33%)
• Pulling Occasionally (3‑33%)
• Climbing Rarely (Less than 2%)
• Balancing Frequently (34‑66%)
• Stooping Occasionally (3‑33%)
• Kneeling Occasionally (3‑33%)
• Crouching Occasionally (3‑33%)
• Crawling Rarely (Less than 2%)
• Reaching Frequently (34‑66%)
• Gross Manipulation (Handling) Frequently (34‑66%)
• Fine Manipulation (Fingering) Frequently (34‑66%)
• Feeling Constantly (67‑100%)
• Foot Use Rarely (Less than 2%)
• Vision – Far Constantly (67‑100%)
• Vision – Near Constantly (67‑100%)
• Talking Constantly (67‑100%)
• Hearing Constantly (67‑100%)

Onsite

One Hospital Road, Martha’s Vineyard

$20.12 – $41.11 per hour

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Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious…