Nurse Assistant; CNA)

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assists with (bathing, shaving, shampooing hair, skin, and mouth/oral care and hygiene to include dentures) for assigned patients according to defined procedure.
• Makes all types of beds and stretchers.
• Assists with the use of bedpans and urinals. Applies external catheters and maintains patency or drainage.
• Assists in providing ostomy care for established and uncomplicated ostomies.
• Prepares patient for exam and treatment by taking & recording vital signs and other necessary measurements and recording in patient record
• Documents pain scores as directed or reports to RN and/or LPN
• Turns patients as required using all types of supporting and comfort devices. Assists or provides patient transfers, activities, e.g., ambulation, litter, and or wheelchair to bed.
• Escorts patients to tests/procedures as needed.
• Assists in diagnostic examinations by positioning, draping, the patient and passing instruments and supplies.
• Takes and records temperatures, blood pressure, pulse, O2 saturation, pain, height, and weight.
• Collects and labels any urine, blood, stool, sputum, nasal swabs, nasal washing, and rectal swabs in the presence of the patient using two identifiers as per policy and delivers to the lab.
• Applies cold/heat packs locally as ordered;
  Applies and removes binders and bandages as ordered.
• Reports any changes in patient status to RN/LPN or Physician.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• All applicants tentatively selected for employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Must pass pre‑employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Health Care Personnel (HCP) – See “Additional Information” below for details.

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements
:

• United States Citizenship:Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
• English Language Proficiency.In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing
  approved by the appropriate State‑accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant:
  The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.

Preferred Experience:

Primary Care and Acute Care

• Minimum 2 years medical‑surgical experience – PREFERRED

Geriatrics and Extended Care

• Minimum 2 years long term care or hospice experience – PREFERRED

CREDITABLE

EXPERIENCE:


(1) Knowledge of Current Practice.To be creditable, the experience must have required the use of knowledge, skills, and abilities associated with the current…