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JOB REQUIREMENTS: POSITION SPECIFICS Title: CNA/Unit Secretary Acute Care FTE: 0.9 FTE (72 hours per pay period) Schedule: 12 hour night shifts working as a CNA from 6:45 PM - 7:15 AM (weekdays only) and 12 hour night shifts working as a Unit Secretary from 6:00 PM - 6:00 AM (every other weekend Saturday/Sunday) Holiday Rotation: Three holidays per year Weekend Rotation: Every other weekend POSITION SUMMARY Under the supervision of a nurse, provide direct patient care, comfort, and assistance with activities of daily living and rehabilitation. Must be adaptable to changes in daily assignments, patient status changes and unit needs as well as have the ability to stay organized in a busy and demanding setting. Unit Secretaries perform administrative and clerical duties for Acute Care and ICU in order to maintain standards of care, move patient flow forward, and keep departments running smoothly. Unit Secretaries in these departments must work closely and in collaboration with other clinical departments in the hospital. POSITION TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Provide direct patient care under the direction of the Registered Nurse. Responsible for executing duties as assigned. 2. Establish and meet timeline for patient care and other forms of work. 3. Answer patient call lights within the parameters outlined by unit-specific guidelines. 4. Provide basic hygiene that may include bathing, oral care, and dressing of patient. 5. Assist with toileting, turning and ambulation in accordance with policy and procedures. 6. Takes patient vital signs, including: blood pressure, pulse, respirations, temperature, oxygen level and glucose monitoring. 7. Timely and accurately relay and document information to include physical and mental status changes, vital signs, meal consumption, liquid intake, glucose results, distances walked, and daily bowel movement and urine amounts. 8. Effectively relay information to the next CNA on shift, or to the nurse in charge. Participate in bedside reporting. 9. Safely care for multiple patients. Use safety precautions appropriately. 10. Ensure a clean, safe and organized environment equipped with adequate supplies for each patient. 11. Ensure that equipment is maintained in a clean and safe manner. Removes and tags equipment from patient use when in need of repair. 12. Float to other units as necessary. 13. May have precepting responsibility. 14. Participate in education by attending inservices as required. Attend 75% of unit meetings. 15. Demonstrate understanding and utilization of Universal Precautions, asepsis and infection control procedures. 16. Kindly greet each person entering the facility. 17. Explain to patients/visitors/vendors the purpose of temperature and symptom screening. 18. Explain current visitor/patient support partner protocol as needed. 19. Ensure patient/visitors/vendors are screened appropriately with current requirements. 20. Administer and interpret temperature of each scanned individual using the no-touch digital thermometer. 21. Screen persons entering the facility. 22. Ensure all who enter the facility are wearing a mask/face covering and provide a mask to those without one. 23. Confirms with entering patients their destination and direct them to the department. 24. Confirm permitted visitors in coordination with the Welcome Desk staff. 25. Maintain a clean and orderly work area and entry vestibule. 26. Monitor screening supplies and report needs for additional supplies. POSITION REQUIREMENTS Education: Required: High school diploma or equivalent Preferred: None Experience: Required: None Preferred: Previous experience as a CNA Licenses and Registrations: Required: Valid certificate as a Certified Nursing Assistant Preferred: None Certification(s): Required: Valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 3 months of hire date Preferred: None ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: https://www.saukprairiehealthca e.org/about/careers/