Certified Nursing Aide; CNA

Certified Nursing Assistant

Reports To:

DON

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Location:

Crook County Medical Services District

The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) helps patients by supporting personal hygiene and daily living needs; providing comfort, transportation, and vital sign monitoring. The CNA provides high-quality and cost-effective personalized care to residents/patients and performs duties under the direction of the charge nurse.

• Provides residents'/patients' personal hygiene by providing bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths.
• Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning/repositioning patients; providing fresh water and nourishment between meals.
• Provides additional care within the scope of practice as defined by the Wyoming Board of Nursing.
• Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; obtaining urine and fecal specimens; recording intake and output information.
• Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering residents'/patients' call lights and requests; reporting observations of the patient to charge nurse.
• Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.
• Maintains work operations by following policies and procedures.
• Protects organization's value by keeping patient information confidential.
• Serves and protects Crook County Medical Services District (CCMSD) community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures and federal, state, and local requirements.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; participating in professional organizations; maintaining licensure.
• Enhances nursing department and CCMSD's reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• All other duties as assigned by the Charge Nurse and/or Director of Nursing.

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Minimum age of sixteen (16) for Long Term Care and twenty-one (21) for Acute Care.

Licensed CNA in the State of Wyoming. Experience involving the use of clinical information programs preferred.

Crook County Medical Services District (CCMSD) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CCMSD is contingent on the successful completion of an employee health screening and background check. We are a drug/alcohol free workplace, and all employees are subject to a pre-employment drug screen as well as random drug screening as part of your employment.