Certified Patient Care Assistant WIS Post Partum
Core
Provides routine patient care, activities of daily living assistance, and unit support functions for mothers and babies in a postpartum unit.
Role type
Certified Patient Care Assistant (CNA)
Builds
Patient comfort and efficient operation of the nursing unit
Domain
Healthcare / Obstetrics and Postpartum Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Activities of daily living assistance, vital signs collection, specimen collection, ECG/EEG interpretation, medical terminology, computer literacy, keyboarding, supply management, patient transport
Preferred skills
Medical clerical experience, customer service experience
Technologies
Electronic medical record, patient ID scanners, laptop computers
Responsibilities
Assist patients with basic hygiene and mobility, collect patient data and specimens, recognize and report health status changes, perform delegated procedures (blood draws, EKGs), maintain patient records and supplies, transport patients
Seniority
Entry-level to 1 year experience