Certified Nursing Assistant; CNA)

Job Title:

Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs)

Location:

Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Charleston): 109 Bee St, Charleston, SC 29401 Period of Performance: 3/1/2026 – 2/28/2031 Shift

Schedule:

: 12 (twelve) hour night shift with alternating weekend shifts

Position

Description:

Aptive Resources is seeking skilled Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) to support the Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Charleston). The CNAs will perform a variety of patient care and diagnostic support duties under the minimal supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN). They will provide effective interventions tailored to individual patient needs in accordance with established facility policies and safety standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform CNA duties with minimal monitoring by a Registered Nurse (RN) while providing basic, appropriate, and effective interventions according to established facility policies, safety standards, and procedures within Med/Surg and Inpatient Psych units.
• Refer to the professional RN when deviations and problems not covered in the assignment occur. Patient Care Duties
• Perform a range of personal nursing care including feeding, walking, lifting, turning patients, and providing related hygiene care.
• Care for patients using specialized equipment and those receiving oxygen or suction therapy.
• Promote physical independence by supervising patients in self-care activities including eating, dressing, and application of prosthetic devices and braces.
• Instruct patients on pre- and post-operative care based on general information provided by a doctor or nurse.
• Provide 1:1 care as a Patient Safety Partner as needed on and off the unit.
• Conduct inventories upon admission and as needed, including contraband searches and ongoing evaluations of the environment of care.
• Recognize potentially hazardous conditions on the unit and observe, manage, engage, and document disturbed behaviors while reporting to the RN.
• May be required to work with COVID-19 positive patients and Patients Under Investigation (PUI). Diagnostic & Clinical Support Duties
• Perform diagnostic support duties including taking, recording, and reporting deviations in vital signs and changes in patient condition (e.g., diabetic coma, uremic coma, insulin shock, gastrointestinal hemorrhage).
• Assist doctors with diagnostic examinations and emergency procedures including lumbar punctures, liver biopsies, bone marrow examinations, and emergency interventions.
• Assemble necessary equipment and position patients for procedures.
• Collect, label, and transport specimens to the laboratory.
• Check patients frequently during and following procedures for changes in condition.
• Escort patients to and from diagnostic studies and appointments.
• Perform EKGs as requested. Treatment & Monitoring
• Perform treatment procedures including changing simple dressings.
• Care for patients with infection, communicable diseases, and those in infection isolation.
• Care for patients receiving oxygen via cannula, mask, or venti mask; patients receiving chest therapy and postural drainage.
• Care for patients with condom catheters and indwelling Foley catheters.
• Administer basic life support measures.
• Obtain and record temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respirations, pulse oximetry, height, weight, intake and output (I&O’s), and blood sugar per provider orders; report abnormalities immediately to the RN.
• Verbally provide information to the nurse for inclusion in Nursing Care Plans.
• Document vital signs and enter information regarding patient condition into the patient chart.
• Assist with completion of patient admission history. Equipment & Safety
• Clean and care for equipment used in oxygen and suction therapy and frame beds; report equipment in…