Patient Care Assistant​/Certified Nurse Assistant-West

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Unit Description 3-West is a 33 bed Medical Surgical Orthopedic Trauma and Surgical Unit. We provide quality patient care to a diverse patient population; young adults up to geriatrics, planned joint replacements to trauma, and patients admitted for other medical disease processes. The specialty focus for 3-West is orthopedics trauma and surgery; total joint replacements and fractures. 3-West offers a Joint Mobility Camp for our patients that have undergone joint procedures.

3-West provides a learning conducive comprehensive orientation that uses interdisciplinary collaboration.

• CNAs have completed Nurse Aide course and present Nurse Aide certification or have documented one-year experience as a Nurse Aide or have military training equivalent to a Nurse Aide.
• PCA or PCT certification also acceptable
• Must maintain a current BLS certification from American Heart Association OR for Nurse Assistant A nursing student who has completed approximately one quarter of their licensed vocational nursing curriculum and clinical experience as evidence by submission of transcripts and completed Nurse Aide Skill Validation Form.

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The Nursing Assistant will perform tasks which involve specified services for patients delegated by a Licensed Nurse. Has a working knowledge of organizational and nursing policies.

Quality Patient Care
- Provide quality patient care adhering to safety practices and proper clinical documentation. Quickly adjusts to quality initiatives and change. Contributes to the success of the nursing unit with specific strategic plans.

• Hospital Wide Quality Metrics
• Inpatient Satisfaction "Likelihood to Recommend" (Non-nursing department use house wide score; Nursing units use department specific score)
• NRC:
  Ambulatory Surgery - Departments use specific results (OPS, GI, Cath, and IR)
• NRC:
  Individual Department results

• Did staff wash their hands?

• Staff Meeting Attendance
• Development of Nursing Profession

• Below 25th percentile, Below the mean, Below the 50th percentile, above the 75th percentile, or Above the 90th percentile

• Falls with Injury
• Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer
• Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
• Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI)

One year of previous/recent Nurse Aide experience preferred or has military training and experience equivalent to a nurse aide.

• Nursing Aide Certification

The Certified Nurse Aide Technical Procedure Privileging Form details procedures the employee is expected to perform and must be completed by the end of the 3-month probationary period. Age specific knowledge is required when needed for appropriate patient care.

This position requires close interaction with other ancillary departments to facilitate a quality multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.

• Work is of medium demand.
• Standing, walking most of the time on duty.
• Lifting and pushing patients, carts, and wheelchairs.
• Good tactile sensation is necessary for…