Certified Nursing Assistant CPCU

Apply for Job Job ID 102002

Location Aurora

Position Type Regular

Regular / Temporary Regular

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Job Overview

The Certified Nursing Assistant (CA) assists patients and families by supporting personal hygiene and daily living needs. The CA provides comfort, transportation, and vital sign monitoring. In addition, the CA supports and assists nursing personnel and other providers in diagnostic procedures and technical treatments and functions as a member of the healthcare team.

The Cardiac Progressive Care Unit (CPCU) is a 40-bed cardiac step-down unit serving patients with congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension and acquired heart disease requiring cardiology services (medical and surgical), cardiac catheterization recovery, and pre-and post- heart transplant care. The CPCU specializes in managing patients on the continuum between critical care and ready to discharge, with a wide range of patient acuity

Duties & Responsibilities

• Attends to the individual needs of patients, which may include assistance with grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, transferring, providing comfort and communicating patient needs with other members of the healthcare team.
• Performs various tasks as assigned, including checking vital signs, weighing patients, applying creams / ointments, applying / changing dressings and collecting specimens.
• Meets patient needs by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; and reporting observations of the patient to healthcare team members.
• Serves as a conduit between patients and other healthcare providers by recording and communicating all issues to medical team members.
• Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.
• Stores and prepares rooms and medical equipment for patient and healthcare team member use.
• Participates in departmental committees and projects as assigned.

Schedule : Full Time (3 - 12hr shifts per week)

Shift : Nights (6 : 45pm - 7 : 15am)

Minimum Qualifications

High School diploma or GED

Proof of successful completion of health assessment and nursing foundation courses, in addition to basic medical / surgical clinical rotation in an accredited nursing program may be considered in lieu of designation as a CNA, MA and / or EMT.

Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association is required.

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Pay Range : $16.73 to $25.09

Expected Range : $20.00 - $25.09

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical / dental / vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Colorado Residents : In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.