Health Care Assistant (CNA), Acute Internal Med D50, Part Time

Patient Care Position

As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research, and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality, and trust that are integral to our mission. This position provides patient care at the direction of a registered nurse. The incumbent will have direct contact with patients and their families as well as perform indirect patient care activities necessary to support patients within their environment. This position provides direct patient care and may be required to access and administer medications within their scope of practice and according to state law.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities include :

• Assisting the patient with feeding, drinking, ambulating, grooming, toileting, dressing, socializing, and unit specific technical skills.
• Reinforcing or assisting in educating and teaching patients / significant other(s) as delegated by the professional care provider.
• Collecting, reporting, and documenting data related to direct patient care activities.
• Assisting with indirect patient care activities such as providing a clean, efficient, and safe patient care environment, companion care, housekeeping, transporting of patients, and chaperoning the physician during patient examinations and procedures as needed.
• Performing unit specific duties and additional clerical duties as needed which may include stocking and maintaining clerical and patient supplies.
• Providing communication to hospital staff, physicians, patients, families, and visitors.
• Processing paper orders in the event of a downtime if working in the clerical role. Will enter "downtime occurrence order" and associated start and stop time in each patient record.
• May process electronic requests to order medical treatments and tests. May retrieve patient test and lab results.
• May schedule patient appointments.
• May maintain patient records and activity boards on unit as needed.
• May manage admits, discharges, and transfer functions per unit standard.
• May observe the cardiac monitor and notify the nursing and medical staff of any abnormal heart rhythm variances which indicate heart ischemia or an acute myocardial infarction.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

The knowledge, skills, and abilities include :

Qualifications

The qualifications include :

Additional license requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation :

Physical requirements include :

Multi-lingual candidates welcomed.