Job Information
Health Advocates Network CNA - Clinic in Oxford, New York
Health Advocates Network is currently seeking a Nursing Aides to work at a facility in Oxford, NY. * These are _registry_ positions with our company. *$100 Sign-On Bonus
*Pay Rate: * $21 / hour
Shift details:
Friday-Tuesday: 2p-10:30p
Friday-Tuesday 10p-6:30a
Illustrative Duties
Nursing Assistant 1
Under direct clinical supervision, performs the following duties:
• Changes simple dressings as directed, gives enemas, douches, and
irrigations as directed.
• Applies abdominal “T” binders, hot water bottles, aqua “K” pads, ice bags,
and coolers, and hot and cold compresses to patients as directed.
• Assists patients in collecting urine and stool specimens.
• Observes and records patients’ quantitative food and fluid intake and
waste output.
• Takes temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure and respiration rate.
• Gives therapeutic baths such as sitz and fever sponge baths.
• Measures and records height and weight.
• Inspects functioning oxygen therapy equipment including tents, masks,
and cannulae to ensure appropriate functioning.
• Recognizes and reports abnormal signs and symptoms of common
diseases and conditions to clinical staff.
• Applies splints, braces, slings and other self-help devices.
• Operates a variety of specialized patient monitoring and treatment
devices.
• Attends to patients’ hygiene and daily living needs in order to maintain an
atmosphere conducive to patient comfort and treatment. Examples include
bathing and dressing patients, brushing teeth, and trimming nails.
• Collects and carries patients’ laundry and dry cleaning and delivers
objects to appropriate locations in the health care facility.
• Receives patients’ belongings and transports objects to safe storage,
keeping appropriate records.
• Feeds patients requiring assistance.
• As directed by clinical staff, moves, positions, lifts and transports patients
using a variety of lifts and other aids in order to make patients
comfortable, prepare patients for treatment, deliver patients to treatment
areas, and to prevent contractures.
• Brings bedpans and urinals to patients requiring assistance and attends to
incontinent patients.
• Talks and listens to patients and responds by encouraging patients to
cooperate and participate in treatment activities.
• May transport patients and supplies on occasion.
May perform a variety of limited housekeeping and cleaning duties related to
direct patient care in order to ensure that treatment and patient areas are clean,
sanitary, orderly, and properly supplied.
Nursing Assistant 2
Under direction of higher-level treatment staff, performs duties similar to those of
a Nursing Assistant 1, but with greater proficiency. Positions may assist with
training new staff in assigned treatment areas.
Nursing Assistant (Certified)
Under direction of higher-level treatment staff, performs duties similar to those of
a Nursing Assistant 2, but also participates in required quarterly in-service
education to maintain certification and meet all necessary requirements to be recertified every two years.
Communication
Nursing Assistants have frequent face-to-face communication with
patients and visitors for the purposes of conveying treatment procedure and
visitor information. Incumbents attempt to encourage and support patients who
may be despondent or apprehensive, and regularly communicate with clinical
staff to convey information on patients’ physical conditions and responses to
treatment. This information includes items such as observable physical
behavioral changes, fatigue levels, and general behaviors and responses to
routine treatments, such as foot soaks.
Minimum Qualifications
Nursing Assistant 1
Non-Competitive: possession of or ability to acquire the necessary knowledge,
skills and abilities during the probationary period.
Nursing Assistant 2
Non-Competitive: one year of satisfactory full-time experience in the provision of
simple treatment and other patient care services under professional supervision.
Possession of current certification as a New York State Certified Nursing
Assistant may substitute for the required experience.
Nursing Assistant (Certified)
Non-Competitive: possession of current certification as a New York State
Certified Nursing Assistant
Benefits:
-Medical
-Dental
-Vision
-Term Life
-Short-Term Disability Coverage
-401K
If interested, please apply through this job post. You may fax a copy of your most recent resume to 877-858-623. If you have any questions, please feel free to call at (800) 928-5561 and ask to speak with *Tracy * (Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-5:00 PM PST).
Health Advocates Network, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regard to any legally protected basis under applicable federal, state or local law, except where a bona fide occupational qualification applies. EOE including Veterans/Disability