Nurse Assistant; CNA, PCT, PCA - Special Care Telemetry

Position: Nurse Assistant (CNA, PCT, PCA) - Special Care Telemetry
Hartford Healthcare - 71 Haynes Street - Responsibilities:
Provides general aspects of patient care that meet physical and/or psychosocial needs, within the nursing assistants scope of practice.;
Assists in admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.;
Demonstrates ability to communicate to the RN or LPN any observed changes in patient status and responses. Notifies appropriate licensed personnel when patient complains of pain.;
Transports patients safely to other departments and upon admission and discharge, as necessary.;
Perform duties as oriented, including removal of a saline lock, removal of a Foley catheter, pulse oximetry, emptying a Jackson-Pratt drain, telemetry application and performing EKGs, disconnect/reconnect salem sump, glucose meter, measure and record nasogastric drainage and/or other duties as assigned.