What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Care Associate/CNA position at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital?
Job Summary:
Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, the Patient Care Associate provides direct patient care within the scope of practice and based on HMNH’s policies and procedures.
Licensure and Certification:
- Successful completion of a state approved Nursing Assistant program OR has successfully
- Completed at least the first semester of a RN program.
- Current BLS provider card
Education:
- High School Graduate, GED or equivalent
Experience:
- Minimum 6 months acute hospital Nursing Assistant experience preferred
Knowledge and Skills:
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Problem solving skills
- Basic computer skills
- Patient-focused
Physical Demands – Patient Care:
- Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting.
- Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices.
- Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.
- Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.
- Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney.
- Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
- Occasional/intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.
- Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.
Key for Physical Demands | |
Continuous | 66 to 100% of the time |
Frequent | 33 to 65% of the time |
Occasional | 0 to 32% of the time |
