Location:
Spencer IA
Worker Type:
Regular
Work Shift:
Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays (United States of America)
Spencer Hospital is proud to employ highly skilled and caring staff members. We offer competitive salaries and benefits as well as a pleasant work environment.
Position Highlights
Spencer Hospital is a rural hospitallocated in northwest Iowa employing over 500 employees. Positions at Spencer Hospital are not affiliated with Avera; however we collaborate to provide services to the communities we serve. Employment offers if accepted are exclusively with Spencer Hospital.
CNA certification and nurse aide registry is a requirement of the position.
Responsibilities:
- Provides personal needs for our patients: Grooming am/pm care shaving/preps bathing oral hygiene feeding bedside glucose testing obtaining laboratory samples (i.e. urinalysis sputum specimen etc.)
- Maintains a clean and organized and therapeuticpatient environment
- Provides for appropriate transporting and re-stocking of supplies and other items related to patient care needs
- Provides for the efficient management of written and verbal patient information
- Prepares and maintains the medical record
- Prepares and organizes charts for admission transfer and dismissal
- Maintains patient confidentiality including protection of the medical record order communication data and all other verbal and written patient information
- Transcribes physician orders under the supervision of licensed nurses in a timely manner
- Monitors new orders and ensures these are verified by the RN/LPN per Spencer Hospital policy
- Identifies and places appropriate pre-printed orders and consents on the medical record when indicated
- Recognizes and utilizes medical terminology and approved abbreviations per Spencer Hospital policy
- Assists with the transfer process of patients within the hospital and to external facilities
- Participates in all departmental/cleaning activities as assigned
- Follows appropriate cleaning standards including sanitation standards
- Completes and hands in daily cleaning checklist assigned to each specific work area
- Completes spot cleaning of carpets when floor maintenance staff is busy or unavailable
- Position will require to float in times of low census to a high needs department including patient care departments and environmental services
Requirements:
- Must be a caring communicator flexible able to multitask and be comfortable with technological systems
- CNA certification and nurse aide registry required
- BLS required or willing to obtain upon hire - Inhouse education available
Schedule:
- 72 hr per pay period
- Day/Night 12 hr shifts - 6-6
- Every other weekend
- The schedule may fluctuate based upon the needs of the department
Spencer Hospital offers competitive wages affordable insurance IPERS retirement in-house education paid time off family gym membership and so much more!
Please contact Spencer Hospital Human Resources for any questions at 712.264.6205 or email .
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