Salary: $21.26 Hourly
Location : Las Vegas, NV
Job Type: Per Diem
Job Number: 24-PDCNAPACU
Department: PACU - 7027
Opening Date: 06/04/2024
Closing Date: 6/11/2024 5:00 PM Pacific
Position Summary
As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada's highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients.
We are home to Nevada's ONLY Level I Trauma Center, Designated Pediatric Trauma Center, Burn Care Center, and Transplant Center. We are a Pathway Designated facility by ANCC, and we are on our journey to Magnet status.
Position Summary:
Under direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, assists the nursing staff in performing routine nursing care duties, and to provide assistance in the care of patients and their environments.
Job Requirement
Education/Experience:
Equivalent to graduation from high school and six (6) months of clinical experience.
Licensing/Certification Requirements:
Valid Certification by the State of Nevada Board of Nursing as a Nursing Assistant. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification accepted by the American Heart Association (AHA).
Additional and/or Preferred Position Requirements

PREFERENCES WILL BE GIVEN TO APPLICANTS WHO DOCUMENT THE FOLLOWING:

• A minimum of one (1) year of recent, documented CNA experience in an acute care setting.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements
Knowledge of:
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; operation of general office equipment; basic medical terminology; basic mathematics; medical equipment; and universal precautions; department and hospital safety practices; patient rights; infection control practices and policies; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures; age specific patient care practices.
Skill in:
Performing and documenting vital signs; measuring and recording input and output; providing and assisting with activities of daily living; using good body mechanics; communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds under stressful conditions; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
Mobility to work in a typical clinical setting and use standard equipment, including stamina to remain standing and/or walk for extended periods of time and strength to assist in the examination and treatment of varied patients, vision to read printed materials and a VDT screen, and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.
Per Diem and Temporary Employees are not eligible to receive benefits.
01

I understand that I must FULLY complete the application including my education and work experience and that all answers to the experience questions below must be supported by documented work history . Incomplete applications or applications missing relevant work history information (including current UMC employment if applicable) will not be considered.

• Yes
• No

02

Are you a current UMC employee?

• Yes
• No
• No but I am a former UMC employee

03

This position is a non-benefited, per diem (on-call as needed basis) position. Per Diem (PD) employee work assignments add to or substitute for staff on a pre-scheduled basis or as needed on a day-to-day basis, as determined by UMC and are non-benefitted. If you are interested, please make sure when completing the application check off the box "per diem" to the question, "What type of work you will accept" and please check off yes below.

• Yes
• No

04

Please document your NV CNA Certification number and expiration date.
05

Do you have a current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider (BLS) card?

• Yes, I have a current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification accepted by the American Heart Association (AHA)
• No, but I have the ability to get one at hire
• Not Applicable

06

Do you have a minimum of six (6) months of experience in a clinical setting?

• Yes
• No

07

Have you documented a minimum of one (1) year of recent, documented CNA experience in an acute care setting?

• Yes
• No

08

Please indicate where you received the CNA experience. Select as many as applies.

• Long Term/Convalescent Care
• Rehabilitation Care
• Sub Acute Care
• Acute Care
• Home Health
• Other / None of the above

09

I understand that all answers to the experience questions below must be supported by my documented work history on the application. Per instructions at the beginning of this process, we can not accept your resume in lieu of a completed application. If you are a current or previous UMC employee, your UMC experience must be updated/added to the work history part of your application to be considered.

• Yes
• No

Required Question