Outpatient Certified Nursing Assistant

Job Description

Provides direct and indirect patient care under the direction of a RN or physician. Assists patients with activities of daily living, provides for personal care, emotional support and performs more complex clinical skills under the direction of a RN. Provide secretarial functions as needed for unit to function.

• Performs patient care responsibilities considering needs specific to the standard of care for patient’s age.
• Provides care appropriate to condition and age of patient, including pediatric, geriatric and the general patient population.
• Provides patient care that meets the psychosocial and physical needs of the patient within the CNA’s scope of practice.
• Assists with patient admissions, discharge and transfers.
• Provides general nursing care such as positioning patients, lifting and turning patients, applying/utilizing special equipment, assisting in use of bedpan, commode and ambulating patients.
• Prepares patients for meals; serves and removes food trays and assists with meals or feeds patients if necessary.
• Distributes drinking water and snacks to patients as applicable.
• Answers patients’ call lights, anticipates patients’ needs and makes rounds of assigned patients.
• Transports patients to various departments for ordered tests/procedures.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform procedures within the CNA’S scope of practice per state law.
• Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, blood pressure and intake-output.
• Reports patient complaint of pain to supervising RN.
• Observes patient’s mental and physical conditions, reports any changes to supervising RN.
• Able to answer, transfer and triage phone calls.
• Able to effectively fax, scan and file patient information appropriately.
• Skilled on computer and EMR.
• Knowledgeable of sterile techniques and infection control procedures.
• Electronic documentation meets current standards and policies.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Communicates in a clear and concise manner to RNs and medical staff.
• Maintains a good working relationship within the department and with other departments.
• Documentation meets current standards and policies.
• Attends in-service education programs, as assigned, to learn new treatments, procedures, developmental skills etc.
• Treat patient and families with respect and dignity.
• Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, organized and function under stressful situations.
• Manages and operates equipment safely and correctly.

Regulatory Requirements:

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Current CNA certification in the state of Nebraska.
• Current BLS certificate.