Certified Nursing Assistant - Days

About This Role

Caring for patients after surgery is the heart of the job on a busy surgical ward, where the Certified Nursing Assistant supports the Registered Nurse to provide excellent patient experience. This role assists with daily living activities and comfort measures, ensuring safe, age-appropriate, and culturally aware care.

Responsibilities

• Promote a positive patient experience by partnering with the nurse, physician, healthcare team, and other healthcare providers
• Assist with daily living activities and comfort measures
• Assist other health care providers with safe, age appropriate and culturally aware care by performing basic patient care functions (i.e., ADL's, ambulation, and vital signs)
• Perform approved advanced technical training skills (i.e., phlebotomy, simple treatments, dressing changes, oral suctioning, and discontinuing Foley catheters) if required
• Perform additional advanced skills as required to support clinical care, depending on the needs of the unit
• Perform clerical functions such as retrieval of data, maintaining unit supplies, and transporting supplies/patient medications
• Protect rights and dignity of resident at all times
• Maintain confidentiality
• Participate in resident rounding per standards
• Answer telephone and call lights promptly and notify appropriate individual of needs for follow-up
• Resolve resident concerns and immediately inform the Charge Nurse/manager of complaints
• Proactively offer assistance and comfort measures to residents and families
• Present self in a positive and professional manner and show sensitivity to concerns and needs of others
• Provide resident care according to the written Plan of Care
• Provide basic resident care needs (e.g., hygiene, nutrition, elimination, physical comfort measures) as assigned
• Assist Charge Nurse/Manager and other members of the health care team with care delivery as assigned
• Provide meals and nourishment to the resident according to dietary standards and the plan of care
• Take vital signs and document, reporting verbally to the Charge Nurse any unusual findings
• Document all patient care delivered in a timely manner as required by policy
• Provide emotional support for the resident and family
• Provide time to listen and establish rapport
• Affirm and recognize the family's role as the decision makers and caregivers
• Recognize the value of the life of the resident
• Provide a peaceful presence
• Observe any religious or cultural restrictions or practices of the patient or family
• Perform basic housekeeping duties in the immediate area of the patient's room and bath
• Clean and sanitize personal direct care items (bedpan, urinal, etc.) per policy/standards
• Ensure that safety hazards related to fall risk are removed or controlled (i.e., cords, oxygen tubing, clutter, etc.)
• Ensure that Oxygen signage is displayed, and tanks are stored correctly
• Ensure that bedrails, bed alarms and personal alarms are utilized correctly and encourage family and visitors to do so
• Ensure that the resident has all the required supplies needed for care
• Stock the necessary medical supplies and skin care products in the resident care area
• Stock the required linens and incontinent supplies in the resident's room
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Comply with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct

Requirements

• Rising Senior in good standing General or High School Diploma General or GED General
• BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor upon hire
• CNA - Cert Nurse Assistant upon hire
• CNA certification must be valid in the state of GA upon hire
• Less than 1 year related experience
• Ability to read, write and speak the English language
• Basic computer skills
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills
• Ability to collaborate with other health care providers in the provision of patient care
• Ability to multi-task essential
• Ability to function in stressful and emergency situations essential
• Strong detail orientation
• Time management skills

Nice to have:

• Georgia Driver's License upon hire
• Private Vehicle Insurance upon hire

Important Details

• Work Shift: Day

About the Company

Wellstar's mission is to enhance the health and well-being of every person they serve, setting an example in the healthcare industry through dedicated professionals.