Overview

 

• SCU-Intensive Care Unit
• Full-time, 72 hours/2 weeks
• Day shift, 6:30am-7:00pm

 

The CNA cares for patients in the hospital setting under direction of nursing staff, by performing the following duties, supporting the nursing philosophy. May include weekends, holidays, day, evening, night, and/or on-call hours. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities  

• Provides patient care as assigned and per routine as defined by educational scope, according to standards of care, shift routines, and policies and procedures. 

• Answers call lights in a timely and appropriate manner. 

• Documents care provided according to standards. 

• Maintains a clean work and patient environment. 

• Maintains supplies, including scanning, stocking and ordering new supplies and disposing of expired or damaged supplies. 

• Floats to various units based on identified patient care needs. 

• Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities. 

• Training/precepting new partners in collaboration with unit educator  

• Blood Glucose Monitoring (BGM) with lab personnel  

• Bladder scanning procedure reviewed  

• Bladder scanner training complete (check off sheet for competency)  

• Attaching patient to remote telemetry or bedside cardiac monitor  

• Managing and reporting collection devices:  

• Colostomy, ileostomy or other fecal management systems: care and output measures  

• Indwelling catheters: care and output measures  

• Nasogastric tubes to suction  

• Surgical drains under direction of supervising RN  

• Competent in completing vital signs: Manual process for blood pressure and required reporting of abnormal values to supervising RN  

• Discontinue invasive devices under the direction of the supervising RN:  

• Indwelling (Foley) catheters  

• Nasogastric tubes  

• Peripherally inserted intravenous catheters  

• Similar devices as appropriate  

 

Education and Experience  

Completion of a CNA program. 

  

Certification and Licensure  

Current CNA certificate in applicable state.   

Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days.  

 

Benefits

Mercyhealth offers a generous total rewards package to eligible employees including, but not limited to: 

· Comprehensive Benefits Package: Mercyhealth offers a retirement plan with competitive matching contribution, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options, life and disability coverage, access to flexible spending plans, and a variety of other discounted voluntary benefit options.

· Competitive Compensation: Mercyhealth offers market competitive rates of pay and participates in various shift differential and special pay incentive programs.

· Paid Time Off: Mercyhealth offers a generous paid time off plan, which increases with milestone anniversaries, to allow employees the opportunity for a great work-life balance.

· Career Advancement: Mercyhealth offers a number of educational assistance programs and career ladders to support employees in their educational journey and advancement within Mercyhealth.

· Employee Wellbeing: Mercyhealth has a focus on wellbeing for employees across the organization and offers a number of tools and resources, such as an employer-sponsored health risk assessment and a Wellbeing mobile application, to assist employees on their wellbeing journey.

· Additional Benefits: Mercyhealth employees have access to our internal and external employee assistance programs, employee-only discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on-demand pay, special payment programs for patient services, and financial education to help with retirement planning.