Certified Nursing Assistant CNA

Certified Nursing Assistant - CNA

Part Time 8 hours a week (Wednesday and Friday)

Tutwiler Correctional Facility

Wetumpka, AL

Wexford Health Sources, Inc. is a member of the Wexford family: a group of the nation's leading innovative correctional health care companies. At Wexford Health Sources, Inc., our philosophy is that health care should not be considered a luxury for anyone. We simply care for those in need and the corrections environment is our venue.

POSITION SUMMARY

Under the direct supervision of the Director of Nursing and clinical supervision from RNs and LPNs, the Nursing Assistant will assist nursing staff in direct patient care activities as assigned, within the scope of training and assist with daily operations.

• Assists patients with activities of daily living such as feeding, bathing, bed making, shaving, dressing and other related tasks.

• Checks vital signs, EKG, height and weight as assigned; collects and maintains records of fluid intake and output; venipuncture; reports on the condition of patients.

• Obtains specimens, separates the specimens into component fractions for testing, transports specimens to the laboratory, spins and packages tests for shipping.

• Assists patients in wheel chairs, on stretchers, and with ambulating.

• Upon receiving the necessary training and/or instruction, perform other duties as required or assigned.

• The duties and responsibilities outlined herein are not all-inclusive and are for payroll purposes only; employees may be assigned other duties in any area of the health services unit.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

The following requirements list the minimum to qualify. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted.

LICENSING: N/A

CERTIFICATION: Valid CPR Certification/BLS

EDUCATION: High school diploma or GED equivalent

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 0-2 years' experience in a healthcare setting

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Essential duties are routinely performed in a general office and clinical environment. Duties may require work in at a station/desk and entail paperwork, use of computers, fax machines, copiers, and other business machines and medical equipment. Essential duties may require the following physical demands: the strength to lift and carry material weighing up to 30 pounds; may be required to lift and/or move persons, carts, emergency equipment and other objects; vision to read printed materials and computer screen; walking; reaching; carrying; stooping; bending; squatting; prolonged sitting; handling (hand movement); hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone; intellectual skills including short and long term memory, abstract reasoning, and decision making.

• Must be able to ambulate throughout the facility for extended periods of time; specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus; must be able to clearly communicate orally and via written and typed correspondence and notes using various forms, records, charts, and electronic media.

• This position may require rotating assignments, operating on a 24 hour a day, 7 days a week schedule where employee is subject to working overtime either voluntarily or via mandate, on occasion as needed.

EOE/M/F/D/V