PATIENT CARE SITTER-CNA TR

The Patient Care Sitter / CNA assists with the routine care of their assigned patients under the direction of the professional nurse in a care partner dyad. Patient Care Sitter / CNA will participate in pulling and floating to any unit based on patient census and acuity to assist with routine care responsibilities. CNA is supervised by the Patient Care Services Manager, Unit Director, Nurse Manager, Team Leader, charge nurse, nursing supervisor, and care partner RN.

Essential Duties

• Ability to transfer patients within the hospital environment and assist with bed mobility.
• Answer call lights in a timely and courteous manner.
• Assist patients with all aspects of ADL's; observes the patient for physical and / or mental changes.
• Document chartable activities in computer.
• Feed patients and give them between meal fluids and nourishments.
• Follow and maintain isolation procedures, especially chemo precautions and radium implant precautions.
• Follow the interdisciplinary plan of care developed by the professional nurse.
• Make beds, occupied or unoccupied.
• Observes patient and environment for fall hazards.
• Observes patients for suicidal ideation and follows suicide precautions.
• Obtain and record patient weights : standing, bedscale, and wheelchair
• Perform bladder scanPerform downtime procedures.
• Promotes safety for patients and visitors.
• Provides emotional support for patients and visitors.
• Reports changes in patients' condition to the professional nurse.
• Restock supplies in patients' rooms.
• Take temperatures, pulse, respirations, B / P's, and measure and document I & O's.
• Utilize safety restraints and assistive devices appropriately.
• Walking rounds

Requirements

Required Experience

Preferred Licensure / Education

Employee Health Requirements

Exposure :

Sensory requirements (speech, vision, smell, hearing, touch) :

Activity / Lifting Requirements :

Percentage of time during the normal workday the employee is required to :

The weight required to be lifted each normal workday according to the continuum described below :

Describe and explain the lifting and carrying requirements :

Maximum consecutive time (minutes) during the normal workday for each activity :

Repetitive use of hands (Frequency indicated) :

Repetitive use of foot or feet in operating machine control :

Environmental Factors and Special Hazards :

Environmental Factors (Time Spent) :

Special Hazards : Radiation, Chemical

Salary Description

18.46 - $22.12

Salary : $18 - $22