Certified Nursing Assistant
Location
Aurora, CO | United States
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Job Location Aurora, CO - Aurora, CO
Position Type Full Time
Education Level Certification
Description Our Company Promise We are committed to providing our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Vighter's Mission is to provide efficient, fast, high quality healthcare staffing to our clients.
Our Culture's key elements are crucial to the effectiveness of our employees in accomplishing our mission. The key elements include:
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Personability
- Transparency
- Responsiveness
Creating and cultivating this Culture within the organization is our commitment to our employees. Above all, Vighter employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude that they are expected to share externally with every Vighter Client and Customer.
Title: Certified Nursing Assistant
Location: Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center - Aurora, CO
Job Summary :
Vighter is seeking Certified Nursing Assistants to join our dynamic healthcare team and make a significant impact on the well-being of the veteran community served by the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center. We are seeking highly skilled and compassionate professionals to provide exceptional patient care. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a collaborative team, dedicated to advancing patient health.
Reports to :
Principle Accountabilities: - CNAs shall perform services, to include providing personal hygiene including bathing, dressing, linen changes, assisting with meals, lifting and moving patients, assisting with ambulation and assisting activities of daily living.
- Provide direct patient care and/or close observation of patients. Document on patient's observation flow sheet as directed by RN to document patient behavior, Activity of Daily Living, and physical care every tour. Documentation requirements can occur every 15 minutes as delegated by the nurse or charge nurse.
- Delivery of direct patient care to include personal hygiene care (bathing, dressing, toileting), assistance with meals, lifting and moving, and assistance with ambulation.
- Ability to assist in the full range of nursing care to patients/residents with physical and/or behavioral problems in a hospital, long term care setting under the direction of a Registered Nurse and/or Licensed Vocational Nurse Licensed Practical Nurse, to include, but not limited to taking measures, records and reports weight, height, vital signs, intake and output, foley care, collecting urine, stool and sputum tests, set up and monitor wall and tank oxygen, continuous and intermittent suction, collects and assembles chest suction equipment.
- Ability to communicate orally with patients/residents, families, interdisciplinary team and other personnel. This includes serving as a preceptor to new CNAs by assisting with the coordination of their orientation and overseeing/assessing their practical experience while in a clinical setting.
- Ability to recognize and react to emergent patient/resident care situations and intervene while waiting for assistance. For example, recognizing need for basic life support, preventing falls, controlling bleeding and assisting with behavior crisis, etc.
- Report changes in mental or physical status immediately to assigned nurse/charge nurse.
- Other duties and projects as assigned
Qualifications :
- Certification to work as a Nursing Assistant to include documented training and skills verification
- Basic Life Support/BLS (AHA or ARC)
- Proficiency in spoken and written English.
- United States Citizenship.
Experience: - 1+ years of experience as a Hospital Nursing Assistant in the last 36 months.
Vighter, LLC is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
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