Certified Nursing Assistant

4 weeks ago

Denver, Colorado, United States Denver Health Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a motivated Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to join our team in the Surgical Trauma Unit. As a CNA, you will work closely with our nursing staff to provide high-quality patient care and support.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assist professional nursing and care providers in providing care to all patients with respect for their uniqueness.
  • Collaborate with the RN and healthcare team to ensure effective patient care.
  • Assist with basic patient care and activities of daily living.
  • Maintain unit-specific documentation as required.
  • Order, maintain, and utilize supplies for the assigned unit.
Essential Functions
  • Provide a safe environment for all patients, ensuring proper patient positions and patient care throughout the patient's stay.
  • Assist the RN/LPN in carrying out the established plan of care for assigned patients.
  • Practice sound safety and infection control practices according to hospital policy and procedures.
  • Obtain vital signs and differentiate normal from abnormal findings, reporting abnormal values or conditions to the RN/LPN.
  • Participate as a member of the patient care team by asking for additional tasks or helping others when not busy.
  • Accurately gather information and perform data entry.
  • Perform transportation responsibilities, including transporting patients, delivering laboratory specimens, and accessing the pneumatic tube system.
  • Document the Plan of Care, ensuring information is properly transcribed and complete.
  • Implement care based on prioritized patient needs, in coordination with the RN/LPN.
  • Participate in a unique, outcome-focused plan of care based on current nursing practice with measurable outcomes and goals for the patient/family.
  • Participate in the coordination of care with the multidisciplinary team.
  • Participate in the discharge planning process.
  • Assist the RN/LPN in identifying realistic expected outcomes to facilitate the patient's optimum level of health and the anticipated continuation of care.
  • Perform chart audits to promote quality improvement.
  • Promote quality care based on ongoing monitoring of patient/family response or changing condition, inclusive of quality control of appropriate systems and equipment.
  • Report the response of patient/family or changing condition to the RN/LPN and help to appropriately update the Plan of Care.
  • Ensure practice and adhere to professional standards, statutes, regulations, hospital, and departmental policies, and standards of care.
Requirements
  • No High School Diploma and/or No GED Required.
  • Less than 1 year of work experience required.
  • CNA-Certified Nurse Aide - ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center Required.
  • BLS-Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) - AHA - American Heart Association Required.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Ensures all duties, responsibilities, and competencies are conducted in a manner that is effective and appropriate to patients/clients to whom care/service is being provided.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and applicability of the principles of growth and development over the life span, as well as demonstrating the ability to assess data reflecting the patient's status and interpreting appropriate cultural information of the patient(s) to whom care/services is being delivered/provided.
  • Employee has completed and met their clinical competency standards.
  • Ability to use medical equipment and instruments to administer patient care.
  • Skilled in maintaining effective working relationships with patients, employees, and the public.
  • Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
  • Ability to interpret, adapt, and apply guidelines and procedures.
  • Ability to communicate clearly.
  • Microsoft Office Suite required.
  • EPIC documentation preferred.
Benefits
  • Outstanding benefits, including up to 27 paid days off per year, immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to 9.5%, and generous medical plans.
  • Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation).
  • On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes.
  • Childcare discount programs and exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more.
  • Tuition reimbursement and assistance.
  • Education and development opportunities, including career pathways and coaching.
  • Professional clinical advancement program and shared governance.
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer, with free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program.
  • National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer.

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation. We are a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver's 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO, and The Denver Health Foundation. As Colorado's primary and essential safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. We view Denver Health as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year. Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer. We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Denver Health values the unique ideas, talents, and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. For more about our commitment to diversity, visit [insert link].

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