About this role
Job Requirements
• Appropriate specimen(s) and documentation. • Participates in hourly patient rounding in collaboration with the health care team. • Responds to patient triggered alarms, including call light, chair alarm, bed alarm, tele-sitter alarm, etc. • Complies with The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals within scope of practice. • Detects, reports, and acts to avoid or correct safety risks. Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority. • Provides professional vigilance to assigned patients, including when assigned as a patient safety companion. • Incorporates safe lifting techniques and body mechanics in daily practice. • Improves patient flow and prevents care delays. • Performs other duties as assigned.
Work Experience
• High school diploma or equivalent required. • Current Maryland state certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). • Previous direct patient care experience in a health care facility required. • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Able to effectively communicate using verbal and written skills. • Maintain interpersonal relationships and use teamwork skills to provide care along with other team members in a cohesive manner. • Ability to organize work priorities, perform several duties simultaneously and function in stressful situations. • Ability to learn and use computer systems • Demonstrates proper technique and skills needed for obtaining accurate blood glucose results and documenting findings. • Demonstrates the ability to perform delegated nursing tasks according to the age, culture, ethnicity, spirituality, and individual diagnostic needs of the persons served