Certified Nursing Assistant Position Available In Ascension, Louisiana

Certified Nursing Assistant
Gonzales, LA, United States

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Certified Nursing Assistant performs various patient care activities and related nonprofessional services necessary in caring for the personal needs and comfort of patients. The Nursing Assistant assists with patient cleaning, feeding, and preparation for treatment, takes and records vital signs, changes bed linen, prepares treatment trays and other supplies, and assists nursing service personnel with a variety of other patient care duties. Relies on established guidelines to accomplish tasks. Works under close supervision.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Patient Care
Properly identifies patient by requesting patient name, DOB prior to any patient interactions.
Obtains and documents vital signs (weight, height, blood pressure, pulse, respirations) and LMP. Expediently reports any unusual incidents or observed changes in patient condition or behavior to appropriate personnel. .
Ensures confidentiality of protected patient health information by utilizing safe business practices that support HIPPA regulations.
Greet each patient with direct eye contact, introduce yourself and explain to patient what you are about to doing
Prepares, stocks, and clean exam rooms and maintain supplies and equipment for patient care.
Performs CLIA waived testing as ordered and document.
Quality
Participates in quality improvement initiatives including but not limited to gathering and trending data and actively supporting process changes that foster improved quality of care and process.
Maintains a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic health care environment by cleaning rooms and equipment, preparing for sterilization and disinfection, promptly reporting damaged equipment and other problems to appropriate personnel, and efficiently and properly handling linen and supplies.
Understands and adheres to corporate compliance procedures, accrediting bodies standards and the ethical and religious directives when providing care
Utilizes all equipment, supplies, facilities, and resources in a prudent and efficient manner in order to ensure efficient departmental operations and the provision of high quality health care services.
Strives to promote the quality and efficiency of his/her own performance through participation in staff educational programs, approved continuing education courses, and specialized skill training programs.
Coordination of Care
Coordinates patient flow to ensure physician efficiency includes managing the patient schedule and wait times.
Check refrigerator temperature daily, if assigned and clean refrigerator as assigned and document
Perform CLIA waived testing controls daily, if assigned. Check for expiration on bottles
Monitor 02 tank levels; notify clinic manager when 02 tank needs replacing.
Other Duties As Assigned
Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• High School
  Experience
• Communication and Customer Service Skills
  Licensure
• CNA
  ABOUT US
  Our Lady of the Lake is uniquely capable of caring for a full range of illness or injury, including those that are extremely complex, for both pediatric and adult patients.

Our family of services includes:

An 988-bed hospital and the area’s only Level II Trauma Center
A freestanding Children’s Hospital
A 545-provider care network covering more than 40 specialties
Two free-standing emergency rooms—Our Lady of the Lake Livingston and Our Lady of the Lake North
A network of nearly 15 urgent care clinics
Outpatient imaging and surgery centers
Assumption Community Hospital
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
Our Lady of the Lake Ascension, a 78-bed, community hospital providing emergency, inpatient, outpatient, and surgical services to Ascension Parish and surrounding areas
We serve 38,000 inpatients and 820,000 outpatients annually and are committed to building a healthy community through excellence in patient care and education. A part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Our Lady of the Lake is consistently awarded for compassionate care, clinical expertise, leading edge technology and innovation.
Job Identification
38189
Job Category
Nursing
Locations
2647 ST.

ELIZABETH

BLVD, Gonzales, LA, 70737, US
Job Shift
Day
Job Function
Nursing Support
Worker Type
Employee
Regular or Temporary
Regular
Requisition Schedule
Full-Time
Hours of Schedule (e.g. M-F 8a-5p)

M-F, 8-430

Department
Infusion-Lake Main Campus
FMOLHS Company Code
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital Inc