Certified Patient Care Assistant Progressive Care Unit Trauma
Core
Provides routine patient care, activities of daily living assistance, and unit support functions in a Neuro Progressive Care Unit for patients with stroke and other neurological diagnoses.
Role type
Patient Care Assistant (CNA)
Builds
Patient comfort and efficient operation of the nursing unit
Domain
Healthcare / Clinical Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Activities of daily living assistance, vital signs collection, specimen collection, EKG monitoring and interpretation, patient data documentation, medical terminology knowledge, computer literacy
Preferred skills
Prior medical clerical experience, customer service experience
Technologies
Electronic medical record systems, patient ID scanners, laptop computers
Responsibilities
Assist patients with hygiene and mobility, collect patient specimens and vital signs, recognize and report health status changes, perform delegated procedures (blood draws, EKGs), maintain patient records and supplies, transport patients
Seniority
Entry-level, supervised IC