Certified Nursing Assistant - CNA

Certified Nurse Assistant - CNA

The Facility - Miami VAMC The Miami VA Healthcare System's parent facility, the Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, is located on 26 acres in the Miami Civic Center Medical Complex. The Miami VA Healthcare System serves Veterans in three South Florida counties:
Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe, with an estimated Veteran population of 149,704. Our parent facility, opened in 1968, is the Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center that is located on 26.3 acres in downtown Miami. The Miami VA Healthcare System is an accredited comprehensive medical provider, providing general medical, surgical, inpatient and outpatient mental health services. The Miami VA Healthcare System includes an AIDS/HIV center, a prosthetic treatment center, spinal cord injury rehabilitative center, and Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC).

The Miami VA Healthcare System is recognized as a Center of Excellence in Spinal Cord Injury Research, Substance Abuse Treatment and is a recognized Chest Pain Center. In addition to serving South Florida, the Miami VA is the tertiary referral facility for the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center and provides open-heart surgery and other specialty services to other VA facilities in Florida and the country.

The Miami VA Healthcare System operates 372 hospital beds, including a four-story community living center attached to the main facility. The Miami VA is also responsible for two major satellite Outpatient Clinics located in Broward County and Key West, five Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Homestead, Key Largo, Pembroke Pines, Hollywood and Deerfield Beach.

Location:

1201 N.W. 16th St. Miami, FL 33125

CNA helps patients with direct health care needs, often under the supervision of a nurse. CNAs work directly with patients and nurses, helping with the many physical and complex tasks for patient care. Provide direct patient care and/or close observation of patients.

• Serves as a member of the nursing staff and carries out routine nursing care and other personal services to assigned patients on any ward or tour assigned.
• Performs a range of personal nursing care which includes activities of daily living, such as feeding, bathing, lifting and turning patients, providing oral, nail, hair related hygiene care, routine foley, oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal, and performing preventive, rehabilitive, application of braces, prosthetic devices, utilizes equipment to promote veteran self-care i.e.; lift equipment, Hydro sounds tubs and Veteran/Resident Wandering system. Utilizes therapeutic care/procedures within the scope of a Nursing Assistant.
• Documents all care provided in the appropriate clinical records.
• Observes significant conditions, both physical and emotional that are relevant to the health status of the patient. Provides timely and accurate reports to their team leader or designated superior and documents all relevant information in the clinical record. Gives special attention to details of care since patients are often too ill or confused to speak for themselves. Provides information to the treatment team for inclusion in the veteran/residents plan of care, participates in treatment team meetings for resident care planning.
• Performs a range of diagnostic support duties such as taking vital signs, collecting and transporting specimens, and preparing and escorting patients for discharge, tests, examinations, treatments and/or surgery per established procedures. Documents all relevant information in the clinical record.
• Performs a range of treatment procedures that include changing dressings, colostomy care, tracheotomy care, skincare, simple dressing and caring for patients in isolation, and/or continuous observation (1:1) status. Documents all relevant information in the clinical record.
  
  Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment; observes all policies pertaining to universal precautions. Provides for safety needs of patients by maintaining a clean and safe environment. Removes defective equipment, reports hazards, observes safety regulations, contributes to infection control, and utilizes proper aseptic technique in performance of duties.
• Recognizes emergency situations such as cardiopulmonary arrest, choking, seizures, dysreflexia, etc., and takes appropriate action, and reports situations immediately. Documents all relevant information in the clinical record.
• Accompanies patients on diagnostic or therapeutic trips assuming responsibility for basic decisions within the scope of a Certified Nursing Assistant while away from nursing units. Documents all relevant information in the clinical record.
• Initiates emergency measures to control disruptive or violent behavior. Documents all relevant information in the clinical record.
• Assists in the delivery of patient care as directed by the RN or LPN/LVN.
• Respects patient's rights, including but not limited to visual and auditory privacy. Displays an attitude of caring,…