Student Nurse Assistant

The Student Nurse Assistant (SNA)/Patient Care Associate (PCA) is responsible for performing a variety of direct and non-direct patient care duties, including routine patient care duties as well as clerical, supply, and messenger responsibilities. The PCA performs other patient care related duties and unit duties as needed, and may function as a patient care observer to monitor for patient safety in situations where 1:1 observations are required.

Telemetry/Critical Care Unit Specific: Responsible for successfully completing arrhythmia course and maintaining competency in telemetry monitoring.

This position is part of the 1199SEIU Bargaining Unit at Cooley Dickinson Hospital.

This position reports to the Nurse Manager and operates within established organizational and departmental policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required

• Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification required

• Ability to perform routine patient care activities under the direction of licensed nursing personnel requiring technical or on the job training required

• Nursing Assistant certification, Medical Assistant certification, or a nursing student who is actively enrolled into a nursing program with at least one clinical rotation completed required

• Six (6) months to one (1) year nursing assistant experience preferred

• One (1) to three (3) years secretarial experience preferred

• Health care experience preferred

• Ability to multi-task and handle stress crisis situations effectively required

• Demonstrated knowledge of medical terminology required

• Demonstrated typing skills and computer experience required

• Demonstrated interpersonal, organizational, and oral and written communication skills required