NEEDED: Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)

LOCATIONS:

• Ralph H. Johnson VAMC 109 Bee St., Charleston, SC 29401
• VA Primary Care & Dental Clinic 6450 Rivers Avenue, N. Charleston, SC 29406
• Savannah VA Clinic 1170 Shawnee St., Savannah, GA 31419
• Myrtle Beach CBOC 1800 Airpark Drive, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
• Market Commons VA Clinic 1101 Johnson Avenue, Suite R-2A, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
• Beaufort VA Clinic 1 Pinckney Blvd., Beaufort, SC 29902
• Hinesville VA Clinic 500 East Oglethorpe Highway, Hinesville, GA 31313

SCHEDULE:

• Day Shift is 7:30AM – 8:00PM
• Evening Shift is 7:30PM – 8:00AM, weekends, and holidays

QUALIFICATIONS:

• US Citizen
• Certification as a Nurse Assistant
• BLS/CPR Certification
• Med/Surg- minimum 1 year’s current experience (must have worked within the last six months) in a medical/surgical unit. Agency nurse assistant assigned to Charleston VA Med/Surg unit can expect to work 12-hour shifts, with alternating weekend shifts preferred.
• Long Term Care/Nursing Home - minimum 1 year’s current experience and, (must have worked within the last six months) in a long-term care setting. Nurse assistant assigned to Charleston VA Long Term Care unit can expect to work 12-hour shifts, with alternating weekend shifts preferred.
• Psychiatric/Mental Health – Minimum 1 year’s current experience (must have worked within the last six months) experience in an inpatient psychiatric unit. Agency nurse assistant assigned to Charleston VA Mental Health Psychiatric unit can expect to work 12-hour shifts, with alternating weekend shifts preferred.
• Primary Care/Specialty Clinics - Minimum 1 year’s current experience and (must have worked within the last six months) in a primary care setting. Agency nurse assistant assigned to Charleston VA Primary Care/Specialty Clinics unit can expect to work 8-10-hour shifts

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) perform requirements with minimal monitoring by a Registered Nurse (RN) providing basic, appropriate, effective interventions to individual patient needs according to established facility policies, safety standards and procedures
• CNA refers to the professional RN when deviations and problems not covered in the assignment occur.
• CNA anticipates the needs of professional staff and works with them as a team member.
• Provide a vital role assisting the licensed nurses providing direct patient care for patients in the medical center. In addition, they have proven their value in providing a pool of one-to-one special observers for “at risk” patients.
• Performs a range of personal nursing care which includes feeding, walking, lifting, turning patients, providing related hygiene care to patients using specialized equipment receiving oxygen or suction therapy.
• Performs a range of diagnostic support duties which includes taking, recording, and reporting to the nurse deviations in vital signs and change in patients’ condition such as diabetic, uremic coma, insulin shock, gastro-intestinal hemorrhage and reporting them to the nurse or doctor. Assists the doctor in a variety of diagnostic examinations such as lumbar punctures, liver biopsy, bone marrow examinations and emergency procedures.
• Assembles necessary equipment and positions patients, collects, labels and transports specimens to laboratory. Checks patients frequently during and following procedures for changes in patient’s condition.
• Escorts patients to and from diagnostic studies.
• Cleans and cares for equipment used in oxygen and suction therapy, frame beds and reports equipment in need of repair.
• Performs a range of treatment procedures that include changing simple dressings.
• Cares for patients with infection, communicable diseases, and those in infection isolation.
• Cares for patients receiving oxygen via cannula or mask as well as venti-mask, patients with chest therapy and postural drainage.
• Cares for patients with condom catheters as well as indwelling Foley catheters.
• Administers basic life support measures.
• Verbally provides information to the nurse for inclusion in the Nursing Care Plans.
• Documents vital signs.
• Enters information about the patients’ condition in the patients’ chart.
• Assists with completion of patients’ admission history.
• Promotes physical independence by supervising patents in self-care activities including eating, dressing, application of prosthetic devices and braces. Instructs patients on preand post-operative care based on general information provided by a doctor or nurse.
• The minimum requirement for all certified nursing assistants assigned to the Medical Center shall include a current CNA certification from any state (United States), and a current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)/Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate accredited by the American Heart Association.
• Two (2) yeas minimum experience working in skill and (must have worked within the last six months in skill set).
• Conducts inventories upon admission and as needed
• Conducts contraband searches
• Conducts on-going evaluations of the mental health environment of care
• Assist patients as needed with activities of daily living (ADLs)
• Accompanies mental health patients to appointments outside of the mental health unit
• These activities will be monitored in accordance with VHA and Charleston VA regulations
• May be required to work with COVID 19 positive patients and Patients Under investigation (PUI), for COVID 19

BENEFITS: (Full-Time), Competitive Hourly Pay Rate, Accrued Vacation, Accrued Sick Leave, 11 Paid Federal Holidays, 401K opportunity, and Health Benefits contribution.