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Overview
Certified Nursing Assistant Intermediate CareUnit
Full Time 72 Hours Per Pay Period Night Shift
LeConte Medical Center Overview:
LeConte Medical Center is a part of Covenant Health our regions topperforming healthcare network and is a 79bed community hospital located in the heart of Sevier County. Were a fullservice notforprofit hospital delivering modern medicine and compassionate care to the growing Sevier County community.
Position Summary:
Functions as a direct patient caregiver performing tasks to assist registered nurses. Performs handson care assistance with ADLs and specified technical tasks for a group of patients under the supervision of the Team Leader.
Responsibilities
- Take and record temperature pulse respiration rates blood pressures weights heights and intakeoutput measurements.
- Encourage patients to turn cough and take deep breaths and to use incentive spirometry as specified by Plan of Care.
- Ambulate and assist patients in and out of bed into wheelchairs and transport when necessary.
- Attends to nutritional needs of patient which may include distributing meal trays feeding filling and passing out water pitchers
- Provides morning or evening care which may include bed bath oral hygiene combing hair back care dressing patient changing bed linen cleaning overbed table and bedside stand straightening room and other supportive care as needed.
- Empty drains canisters urine bags bedpans and emesis basins and record intake and output.
- Assists in maintaining a safe environment which may include reporting equipment that is out of order appropriate handling of linen and storing of supplies.
- Provides general care such as positioning lifting or turning patients; assisting in use of bedpan urinal or commode; preoperative supportive care; and application/removal of abdominal binders or antiembolism stockings and sequential compression devices.
- Empty & clean ostomy bag per procedure.
- Collect urine stool and sputum specimen as ordered.
- Perform tasks such as ROM assist with ambulatory devices as specified by the patients plan of care.
- Perform phlebotomy (requires additional training). To include correct labeling using two patient identifiers maintenance of labdraw supplies rotating and restocking.
- Perform EKG (requires special training).
- Promptly answer patient call lights and respond to patient requests.
- Report significant changes in patients condition to RN.
- Help to maintain clean and orderly patient and work environment.
- Employ all established infection control policies including standard precautions transmissionbased isolation precautions OSHA standards safety measures and proper body mechanics in performance of job.
- Document/maintain patient record as appropriate.
- Gathers equipment for O2 set up. Checks O2 for connection and proper placement.
- Checks for proper functioning of equipment at patient bedside
- Ambulate patients with oxygen.
- Set up suction equipment and check for proper function.
- Demonstrates knowledge and competency in providing for agespecific needs of the population served.
- Demonstrates ability to perform skills on the Nursing Assistant checklist.
- Follows policies procedures and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
None specified; however must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience:
Hospital experience preferred. Medical terminology a plus. Must be able to operate computer and possess excellent interpersonal skills. Must be able to read with comprehension write legibly and perform basic arithmetic computation. Must have understanding and knowledge of patient care which may be appropriately delegated to nursing assistants. 1 year acute care experience preferred.
Licensure Requirement:
CNA Licensure from the State of Tennessee is required upon hire. Out of State hires must have the Tennessee CNA License in process as reflected on the state web site upon hire. CPR required. BLS preferred
Employment Type
Full-Time
