Cna, Medical Office Setting, Clemmons Area

Employer Description

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's two main components are an integrated clinical system - anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem - that includes Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.

Job Description

As a Nursing Assistant, your primary role is to provide essential assistance to the nursing staff. This includes administering specific treatments and basic nursing care to assigned patients while delivering direct and indirect care in alignment with physician and nursing orders, ensuring the highest standards of age/developmental specific care. Join our team at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and make a significant impact on patient care while advancing your career as a Nurse Assistant ( Full-time Days) in a collaborative and dynamic academic learning healthcare environment!

Position Highlights:

• Shift Schedule: Full-time, Days

• Department: Family Medicine

• Location: Clemmons

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.

• Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration

• Completion of a North Carolina State Approved Nurse Aide I course.

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Nursing Process Participation: Participate in the implementation of the nursing process by providing direct care to patients under the guidance of the Registered Nurse (RN).

• Special Procedures: Execute special procedures accurately as directed by the Registered Nurse (RN).

• Safety and Therapeutic Environment: Establish and maintain a safe and therapeutic environment for patients, co-workers, and the facility.

• Communication: Ensure complete, accurate, and timely communication of patient information to all relevant parties. Communicate effectively with the team, co-workers, patients, and family members in a positive and professional manner.

• Personal Responsibility: Take personal responsibility and initiative for your performance, professional growth, and development.

• Age/Developmental Specific Care: Provide patient care in line with Age/Developmental Specific Care Guidelines relevant to the age groups served.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Ability to perform effectively even with frequent workload changes and competing demands.

• Basic computer skills.

Work Environment:

• Interaction with patients, family members, visitors, co-workers, and medical staff in diverse situations.

• Regular exposure to blood-borne diseases, infectious, and contagious diseases.

• Subject to frequent interruptions.

• Occasional exposure to radiation hazards.

• Possible exposure to cleaning agents/chemicals.

• Occasional irregular hours may be required.

• Use of personal protective equipment when necessary.