Certified Nursing Assistant PRN - Children's - FLEX POOL

Certified Nursing Assistant PRN Premium - CHILDREN'S - FLEX POOL

The Certified Nursing Assistant performs various patient care activities and related nonprofessional services necessary in caring for the personal needs and comfort of patients. The assistant assists with patient cleaning, feeding, and preparation for treatment, takes and records vital signs, changes bed linen, prepares treatment trays and other supplies, and assists nursing service personnel with a variety of other patient care duties.

Works under close supervision.

• Patient Care – Assists in preparing unit and patient room and bed to ensure patients are accommodated during their hospital stay; assists and accompanies patients during admission, transfer, and discharge with compassion.
• Records patient temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height, blood pressure, and intake-output; documents in CIS and reports changes or incidents.
• Assists patients with daily living activities (bed bath, oral hygiene, shaving, dressing, back rubs, linen freshening) and general care (positioning, pre/post‑operative care, bed pan use).
• Prepares patients for meals, serves food, and feeds patients when needed with compassion.
• Transports patients to and from designated areas, ensuring identification bracelets and respectful interaction.
• Retrieves medications via pneumatic tube or pharmacy and delivers them to nurses or places them in secure locations as directed.
• Quality – Answers call lights, maintains clean environment, prepares rooms for sterilization, reports equipment issues, handles linen and supplies efficiently.
• Provides input for shift reports, participates in unit quality assurance programs, and uses resources prudently to deliver high‑quality care.
• Participates in staff education and continuing education to improve performance.
• Assists physicians with examinations, treatments, and specimen collection; transports specimens to lab; assists with patient rehabilitation under RN supervision.
• Runs inter‑departmental errands such as transporting lab specimens and picking up medications.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

• Experience:
  
  None
• Education:
  
  High School Diploma or GED
• Training:
  None
• Special
  
  Skills:
  
  Communication and Customer Service Skills
• Licensure:
  Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

• Seniority Level: Entry level
• Employment Type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job Function:
  Health Care Provider
• Industry: Hospitals and Health Care