Certified Nurse Aide

Lubbock Heart & Surgical
Lubbock, TX, USA

Our hospital is seeking Certified Nurse Aides to join our inpatient nursing team. We are seeking qualified RNs who are interested in joining a collaborative, patient-focused care environment.

Opportunities may be available across inpatient units based on experience, interest, and organizational needs.

To support work-life balance and continuity of care, nursing positions may be offered with a variety of schedules, including Days or Nights, Full Time, Part Time, and PRN. Specific schedules and units are discussed during the interview process to ensure the best fit for both the nurse and the department.

Practice Areas may include:

• Acute Care
• Critical Care

Assignment is based on your clinical experience, credentials, and current organizational needs.

Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital is committed to providing better outcomes for our employees!

• Great Benefits – Medical, Vision, Dental, PTO & 401K
• Individually Tailored 6-12 Week Orientation
• Opportunities for Advancement
• Career Ladder for RNs, LVNs, & CSTs
• Consumer discounts through Perks
• Family Atmosphere
• Opportunity for Multi-Unit Training
• Free CEUs through Cornerstone, our online training system

What You Will do in this Role:

• Report to Charge Nurse when arriving to work for instructions about each patient.
• Obtain Vital Signs as directed and reports abnormalities’ to the primary care nurse and or Charge Nurse and documents in patient’s electronic medical record.
• Responsible for monitoring patients’ intake/output and documents total intake and output in patient’s electronic medical record.
• Clean unit equipment, refrigerators, and unit area as necessary or as directed.
• Responsible for monitoring equipment usage and loss.
• Inventory and removing expired products as directed by Director.
• Set up rooms for admissions, assist in the discharge process, and notifying Monitor Tech of telemetry box number for admissions and discharges.
• Pass water/ice pitcher to patients who can have water and monitoring use. Checking with primary care nurse of patient’s diets.
• Greet patients, gather information, and demonstrates appropriate customer service skills.
• Answer call lights and assist with meeting patient needs or deferring to a TPC Nurse.
• Assist in obtaining items/supplies for unit and patient.
• Assist patients with eating, dressing, bathing, ambulation, and transportation.
• Assist in all daily care of patients and turning patients’ who are total care.
• Monitor patients for changes in mental alertness, emotions, or physical ability and notify the charge nurse or TPC Nurse of these changes.
• Assist with sheath removals once successfully completing competencies.
• Assist with procedural preps as instructed by TPC Nurse.
• Complete other duties as assigned (i.e. stocking med room, carts, and other supply areas).
• Assist unit as needed in noninvasive procedures (i.e. foley catheter removal, INT removal, simple dressing changes, and etc.) under the supervision and direction of TPC Nurse, Charge nurse or Director.
• Assist in blood glucose monitoring once successfully completing competencies.

What Qualifications You Will Need:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are necessary.
• 0 – 2 years’ experience as a nurse’s assistant in a healthcare setting.
• Current BLS.

LHSH Incentives

• Flexible Scheduling
• No mandatory overtime

Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital specializes in the care of cardiac, orthopedic, nephrology, urology, and general medical patients. We are also a highly active inpatient center mainly centered on surgical procedures that include cardiothoracic, orthopedic, urology, and general surgery. We have a 24-hour Emergency Department with 5 fully equipped ED rooms, 4 fully operating rooms, 4 cardiac catheterization labs with 1 electrophysiology room, 11-day surgery rooms, 58 acute care beds spread over three units, and 14 cardiac critical care rooms.

We pride ourselves on giving the best overall care possible to our patients and on our family style atmosphere that includes everyone: patients and their families, physicians, and our colleagues.

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