Certified Nursing Assistant-Nights

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Martha's Vineyard Hospital, Inc.

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Full Time Nights-36 hours per week-rotating weekends and holidays
** Job Summary
** Summary    The primary purpose of your job as a member of the nursing staff is to assist the nursing staff under the supervision of a licensed nurse.
You will participate in a wide range of patient care activities, for a mainly geriatric population, functions and services for assigned patients, which include direct care and task oriented assignments.
Essential Functions    
-Implements patient care    
-Implements clinical and technical aspects of care and nursing orders in accordance with established policies and procedures.
-Intervenes with proper technique, procedure and safety precautions to meet individual needs of patient.
-Implements physician’s orders.
-Documents nursing intervention, patient response, effectiveness, complications, etc. communicates information to licensed nursing personnel.
-Consults with all available in-house resource personnel and departments for treatment.
-Respects dignity and confidentiality of patient acting as an advocate.
-Provides a safe and secure environment for patient.
-Functions within limits of hospital and nursing department policies and procedures.
-Performs in a calm and professional manner during crisis and/or emergency situation.
-Accountability:
Quality of work.
-Adheres to nursing dress code and wears identification pin.
-Demonstrates organizational skills in providing nursing care by ability to adopt changing workloads.
-Daily assignments are completed within an 8-hour shift without compromising the quality of care.
-Performs according to policy:
-Temperature.
-Pulse.
-Respiration.
-Blood pressure.
-Weight/height.
-Prepares patient rooms on admission, daily, and upon patient request.
-12 lead EKG.
-O2 sat.
-Pulse oximeter.
-Patient personal hygiene.
-Positioning and transferring of patients.
-Specimen collection.
-Glucometer.
-Patient transportation.
-Maintains open communication channels with all colleagues and supervisors.
-Communicates factual and pertinent information in report.
-Documents according to policy.
-ADL flow sheet.
-Vital signs.
-weight.
-Blood sugar.
-Intake and output.
-Restraint checklist.
-May be assigned additional tasks such as re-stocking rooms, equipment maintenance, patient transportation.
** Qualifications
* * Education  High School Diploma or Equivalent required      No    Licenses and Credentials  Nursing Assistant [Certified Patient Care Technician] - National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) requiredBLS certification within 90 days of start date    Experience  Previous medical/surgical experience preferred 0-1 year preferred    Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

** Additional Job Details (if applicable)
**** Physical Requirements
*** Standing Frequently (34-66%)
* Walking Frequently (34-66%)
* Sitting Occasionally (3-33%)
* Lifting Frequently (34-66%) 35lbs+ (w/assisted device)
* Carrying Frequently (34-66%) 20lbs - 35lbs
* Pushing Occasionally (3-33%)
* Pulling Occasionally (3-33%)
* Climbing Rarely (Less than 2%)
* Balancing Frequently (34-66%)
* Stooping Occasionally (3-33%)
* Kneeling Occasionally (3-33%)
* Crouching Occasionally (3-33%)
* Crawling Rarely (Less than 2%)
* Reaching Frequently (34-66%)
* Gross Manipulation (Handling) Frequently (34-66%)
* Fine Manipulation (Fingering) Frequently (34-66%)
* Feeling Constantly (67-100%)
* Foot Use Rarely (Less than 2%)
* Vision - Far Constantly (67-100%)
* Vision - Near Constantly (67-100%)
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