Patient Care Technician II; CNA), Progressive Care Unit, Nights

Job Requirements

Under the direction of professional nursing staff, provides direct patient care. Takes vital signs, checks surgical dressings, aids patients with activities of daily living. Performs blood draws and collects specimen samples. Observes and collects data and communicates about the patient’s status in order to identify needs and provide needed care. Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary patient care services team.

• Performs testing and manages the care of the patient based on results achieved and clinical findings.
• Records patient care along the continuum, including activities of daily living (ADLs): feeding, bathing, dressing, toileting and transferring.
• Completes, documents and reports patient vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, oxygen saturation and reported pain level).
• Assists in admission, transfer and discharge of patients.
• Participates in cost‑effective strategies to optimize patient outcomes.
• Promotes patient safety including fall prevention and ensures the safety of the clinical environment for patients, visitors, and other staff members.
• Maintains order and appearance of patient rooms and the work area and maintains patient care supplies and linen.
• Provides post‑mortem care.
• Collaborates with members of the health care team to carry out the plan of care, including reporting observed changes in patients’ condition.
• Ensures patient comfort relative to their pain status.
• Measures and documents patient urinary and stool output, documents calorie count, and measures and documents patient weight.
• Assists with indwelling urinary catheter care: applies, maintains and removes external urinary catheter devices, performs bladder scans, measures post‑void residuals, inserts intermittent and indwelling catheters, and documents volume output.
• Conducts blood glucose monitoring.
• Performs venipuncture for drawing blood samples and establishes IV access.
• Performs nasal swabs.
• Gathers equipment required and initiates placement of IV for the patient as directed by the registered nurse.

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Current Maryland state certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA) required.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• One (1) year of previous experience preferred.