Job Description

Employment Type: Full time

Shift:

Description:

Shift Hours:

- Delivers assigned patient care and treatment as delegated by an RN or RT.

- Performs or assists patients with activities including ambulation, transporting, dressing/undressing patients, changing bandages, elimination needs, and emptying drainage devices.

- Responds to patient calls and anticipates patient needs. Measures vital signs, performs bedside blood glucose testing. Makes entries to patient health records as consistent with scope of job duties and in compliance with company policy. Sets up equipment and supplies for procedures. Prepares patients and rooms for procedures,

- Observes and reports information regarding any change in physical/mental condition, behavior, or status of the patient to the nurse.

- Collects and labels specimens. Sets up, operates, and maintains selected pieces of equipment.

Qualifications:

• Completion of 75-hour, 120-hour or 150-hour Certified Nursing Assistant program OR be listed as having passed CNA competency testing on the Iowa Direct Care Worker registry.
• Graduate of an accredited RN or LPN program may be substituted for completion of CNA program and CNA Registry.
• High school diploma preferred or high school equivalency.
• Must be 18 years of age.
• Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter abuse training specific to population served within three (3) months of hire
• BLS certified within six (6) weeks of hire. Acceptable credentialing bodies and certifications include American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

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