Certified Nursing Assistant Med Surg PRN 1

Healthcare Assistant

Assists patients with healthcare needs who are ill or recovering from surgery or disease.

Shift Details : PRN

Unit Information : The 5th floor is a combined medical / surgical and pediatric floor with 26 beds. We care for many types of surgeries including joint replacements, hip fractures, colectomies, and hysterectomies. We also care for medical observation patients including chest pain, heart cath patients, TIAs, and many more illnesses. Pediatric patients that you may see on our unit include bronchiolitis, pneumonia, dehydration, and appendicitis, etc.

It is a great unit for learning, obtaining, and perfecting skills. Our team is eager, excited, welcoming, and we have excellent teamwork. We would love to welcome you as part of our team!

Scope :

• Responds to patient care needs by answering call lights, assisting patients with hygiene care, obtaining vital signs, and communicating constructively, effectively, and timely with members of the care team.
• Performs 12-lead EKG duties commensurate with the level of training received and competency.
• Apply, check and document restraints as directed by the RN or physician.
• Performs wound care, stoma care, and specimen collection.
• Performs equipment and tube care / management e.g. JPs, hemovacs, and nasogastric tubes, and Foley removal.
• Assists with patient transfers, admissions, and discharges as directed and in compliance with the principles of safe patient handling.
• Orders and maintains office and patient care floor stock / supplies.
• Performs the duties of unit secretary. Maintains patient charts, responds to phone calls, maintains daily assignment board, provides equipment care / cleaning, performs errands associated with patient care and provides accurate information about the patient within the interdisciplinary team.

Minimum Qualifications :

Physical Requirements :

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies. Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations. Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc. Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. Need to walk and assist with transporting / ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing / pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc). May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Location : St James Hospital

Work City : Butte

Work State : Montana

Scheduled Weekly Hours : 0

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$17.50 - $26.25

We care about your well-being mind, body, and spirit which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.