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Job description
Profession: Certified Nursing Assistant
Specialty: Tele
Department: Telemetry 1
Job Type: Travel
Minimum Guaranteed Hours: 36
Jobs Notes:
"Total Bed Count: 47
Bed Types and How Divided: Tele beds: 43, Dialysis beds: 4
Staffing Ratios:
Days 1:4
Nights 1:4
Weekends 1:4
Schedule Requirements:
Call Required: No
Float Required: Staff may be floated to accommodate low staffing on other inpatient units.
Weekend Coverage: Weekends are staffed the same as week days. Full time staff are required to work half of the weekend shifts.
Scheduling Type: Staffer creates the schedule.
Unit Systems:
Medication System: Omnicell
Documentation System: Epic
Support:
IV Teams: Yes, Dayshift
Lift Teams: No
Pharmacy: Yes, 24/7
Phlebotomy: Yes, 24/7
Transportation: Yes, 7am-10:30pm
Unit Secretary: Yes, Department Patient Registration
Provider Coverage:
Intensivist: Yes, 24/7
Hospitalist: Yes, 24/7
Additional Unit Information:
Equipment: Telemetry Monitors
Special Procedures: Cardioversion, ECHO, Cath Lab procedure recovery"
Job Summary:
Provides personal nursing care to the patient under the direction of a licensed Registered Nurse (RN). Performs tasks associated with activities of daily living including self-care needs. Performs routine assigned tasks and reports patients? status and concerns to the RN.
Job Requirements:
Education and Work Experience:
High School Education/GED or equivalent: Preferred
Licenses/Certifications:
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification: Required
Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) Health Care Provider certification: Required
Essential Functions:
Performs tasks associated with activities of daily living, including assisting with nutrition and hydration, elimination, personal care, positioning devices and restorative care.
Authorized Duties and Standards per Chapter 851 Division 63, may include: Giving Chlorhexidine bath; Assisting with coughing and deep breathing; Turning oxygen on and off or transferring oxygen between wall, concentrator, and tank at pre-established flow rate for stable individuals; Changing a suction canister; Applying external catheters and connecting external catheters to suction; Collecting specimens; sputum, stool, and urine including clean catch urine specimens; Applying, turn on and off, sequential compression devices; Assisting a person in and out of continuous passive motion (CPM) machine; Measuring, recording, and emptying output from drainage devices and closed drainage systems; Performing fingerstick capillary blood test; Removing mask after nebulizer treatment; Caring for the deceased individual including removing non-surgically inserted tubes.
Duties that are NOT permitted per Chapter 851 Division 63 include (refer to Chapter 851 for comprehensive list): Obtaining a throat swab; Obtaining urine specimen from port of catheter; Pausing and resuming established post pyloric, jejunostomy and gastrostomy tube feedings to provide personal care; Discontinuing a urethrally inserted catheter; Discontinuing a saline lock; Interrupting and re-establishing nasogastric (NG) suction; Measuring arm and leg circumference; Placing electrodes/leads for telemetry; Suctioning nose or oral pharynx; Testing stool for occult blood; Scanning bladder.
Takes vital signs including, pulse and blood pressure, helps patients with their basic needs, i.e., bathing, dressing and feeding, performs a variety clerical duties, which include but are not limited to routing patient reports as appropriate and uses organizational skills to keep department running smoothly and uses prioritization skills to meet deadlines as indicated.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Organizational Requirements:
Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.
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Worksite address
portland, OR, 97204, US
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