Patient Care Technician (CNA) Ortho Trauma
Cumberland, Maryland
Are you a CNA interested in a career that provides plenty of opportunities for growth and development? If you're passionate about patient care and looking for a career that offers great benefits and plenty of room for growth, we invite you to explore the opportunity to join our Ortho/Trauma Unit at UPMC Western Maryland! As a Certified Nursing Assistant/Patient Care Technician, you'll provide routine patient care and support services.
This is a full-time; 36 hr/wk position that will include rotating weekends & holidays.
*Applicants will be placed in the appropriate job title and salary within the PCT career ladder based on their individual experience and education.
$5,000 sign-on bonus with a 2-year commitment for eligible candidates.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
This is a full-time; 36 hr/wk position that will include rotating weekends & holidays.
*Applicants will be placed in the appropriate job title and salary within the PCT career ladder based on their individual experience and education.
$5,000 sign-on bonus with a 2-year commitment for eligible candidates.
Responsibilities:
- Assume responsibility for assignments and views problems as challenges.
- Provide direct resident/patient care as directed by the RN and LPN including all activities of daily living such as bathing, feeding, dressing, transporting, toileting, and ambulating residents/patients.
- Maintain an environment conducive to resident/patient safety and recovery including, but not limited to, completing safety checks, keeping the department and resident/patient rooms clean and organized, cleaning department specific equipment, changing bed linens, emptying linen hampers, keeping hallways clear of equipment and returning equipment to proper storage.
- Responds to resident/patient needs and calls in a timely manner.
- Acquire and distribute supplies and equipment to facilitate resident/patient care delivery including, but not limited to, ordering, charging/crediting supplies, setting up resident/patient care equipment within the scope of the nursing assistant position, and stocking resident/patient rooms and unit supply areas.
- Deliver resident/patient nourishments and assist with feeding as needed; fills water pitchers.
- Perform routine tests such as resident weights, vital signs, and Intake & Output.
- Provide feedback to the RN/LPN regarding resident/patient care and reports changes in resident/patient status in a timely manner.
- Assure equipment malfunctions are reported to the appropriate department.
- Contribute to the universal unit activities including, but not limited to, responding to call lights and telephones, passing meal trays and transporting residents.
- Maintain current CPR certification.
- May apply, monitor and remove resident/patient restraints as per physician or facility protocol.
- Provide diversional activities to reduce or prevent use of restraints.
- Document in the medical record according to established procedures.
- Comply with safety policies and procedures including standard precautions and understands policies and procedures for blood borne pathogen exposure.
- Strictly adhere to all policies and practices relative to resident/patient care and facility related information.
- Responds within the scope of the nursing assistant role to emergent situations.
Qualifications:
- Completion of a certified nursing program is required.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: - Certified Nursing Assistant license required.
- CPR required based on AHA Standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
Created: 2024-06-21
Reference: 6181860781
Country: United States
State: Maryland
City: Cumberland
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Number of Employees: 110000
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