C.N.A- Student at Careerbuilder in Jefferson City, Missouri

Job Description:

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City



Worker Type:

Regular



Job Highlights:



SSM Health is seeking exceptional employees who wish to advance and develop their skills in the nursing field by obtaining their certified nursing assistant (CNA) certification.


Work as a full-time, benefit eligible employee while completing the necessary courses to obtain your CNA at no cost.



Job Summary:

Participates in training program while working in job capacity. Supports the overall positive patient care experience by providing assistance to nursing staff and physicians. Provides patient care responsibilities under the direct supervision of a registered nurse.



Job Responsibilities and Requirements:



PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contributes to the overall quality and safe care for patients by answering call lights, taking vital signs and monitoring behavior and physical condition for progress or deterioration.


• Creates a positive patient experience by assisting patients with their activities of daily living including assisting with baths, ambulating, feeding, skin care, personal and oral hygiene and making occupied and unoccupied beds.


• Contributes to quality care and safety by assisting and performing procedures such as toileting, turning, cough and deep breathing, catheter care, collection of biological specimens, measuring and recording intake and output of fluids.


• Contributes to exceptional patient satisfaction by establishing a compassionate environment by timely responses to patients' needs, open communication and providing emotional and psychological support.


• Contributes to safety and quality care by relaying information via charting and communicating to team members.


• Attends classes and clinical rotations as determined by program.


• Communicates clearly with instructors, associates and patients.


• Complies with privacy and confidentiality policies related to utilization of the medical record.


• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.


• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• No education required

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant standing and walking.


• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.


• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.


• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.


• Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.


• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.


• Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.


• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.


• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.


• Occasional lifting/moving patients.


• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.


• Occasional driving.

Department:




Work Shift:

Variable Shift (United States of America)



Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36


SSM Health complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex.


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