Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) (Santa Rosa)
Company: Northern California Behavioral Health System
Location: Santa Rosa
Posted on: April 23, 2024
Job Description:
POSITION TITLE: Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) REPORTS TO
(TITLE): Director of Nursing or designee DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:
The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) provides direct patient care
to all patients with physical and emotional or psychiatric
disorders, supports therapeutic milieu, ensures safety and
well-being of patients and carries out general nursing assistance
necessary to treatment of adolescents, adults, or older adult
patients as assigned. The CNA along with the Mental Health
Technician are the primary employees responsible for the safety of
the unit milieu. Environmental safety rounds are required each
shift and ongoing safety assessments, including securing contraband
found within the milieu, will be completed by the Certified Nursing
Assistants or Mental Health Technicians. Safety Observations are
required to be documented and recorded in the patient's medical
record as ordered by the psychiatric provider or under the
direction of the Registered Nurse. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assists patients with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) ---
Grooming and bathing patients with low mobility --- Preparing each
patient's room with necessary items such as blankets, pillows,
medical equipment and toiletries --- Helping patients with meals
and intake --- Making sure patients have regular meals ---
Monitoring vitals and behavior and reporting them to the nursing
and medical staff --- Transferring patients with low mobility from
wheelchair to bed or wheelchair to toilet or shower chair and vice
versa --- Turning or adjusting patients in bed to prevent bedsores
- Participate in treatment planning
- Helps identify patients' problems, needs, and strengths
- Collecting and recording data on client behavior and
progress
- Assists in creation and implementation of behavioral
intervention plans
- Suggests modifications to treatment plan based on observations
of patients' behavior
- Provides input into discharge planning
- Participate in implementing patients' treatment plans by
monitoring patients' progress
- Communicating information regarding patients' behavior to other
members of treatment team
- Maintains communication with patient, family members, and
referral sources in patients' interests
- Co-facilitates didactic, educational, and community groups
within the context of the adolescent treatment program
- Encourages and facilitates patients' participation in
therapeutic activities
- Supervises patients to ensure their safety and their
involvement in treatment
- Provides input during shift report
- Accompany and transport patients as assigned.
- Orient new patients to unit, program, and milieu
- Assists patients in carrying out activities of daily living,
when congruent with the patients' treatment plan and needs, age,
and developmental level
- Maintains a safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment
for patients
- Participates in maintaining the therapeutic milieu on the unit,
enforces the level system or other methods of behavior
management
- Maintain patient, program, department, and related
documentation
- Carry out clerical and administrative assignment to support
patient care and department and organization operations
- Complete orientation and competency assessments as required for
position
- Participate in activities enhancing professional growth and
development
- Upholds the Organization's ethics and customer service
standards. Performs related duties, as requested Requirements
Education/Licensure
- High school, GED, or equivalent required
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification required
- Pursuit of a college degree in an applicable field of study
preferred
- Current CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) certification (or
obtained within 30 days of hire)
- Current certification in the prevention and management of
aggressive behaviors and verbal de-escalation skills (or obtained
within the 30 days of hire) Knowledge and Experience:
- High school level reading and writing skills; legible
handwriting
- Current certification in the prevention and management of
aggressive behaviors and verbal de-escalation skills (or obtained
within the first 30 days of hire)
- Familiarity with medical and psychological terminology and
human behavior principles preferred
- Basic knowledge of human growth and development helpful
- Experience with therapeutic limit-setting helpful or an
understanding of level systems or other behavior management
modalities helpful
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries Skills and
Abilities:
- Demonstrates appropriate professional boundaries; treats
patients with respect and considers clients valued customers.
- Properly assesses routine situations, determines and takes
appropriate action
- Demonstrates the ability to set limits for clients and uses
de-escalation techniques appropriately
- Accepts feedback in a positive manner and applies it to improve
performance and further learning
- Follows all safety procedures; is alert to changing situations
and contributes to preventing opportunities for danger to
develop
- Focus on supporting activities of daily living and obtains
patient vital signs as outlined by treatment team
- Follows safety procedures in a calm manner and responds quickly
when an alarm sounds or a code is announced
- Directly works with Inpatient Psychiatric Registered Nurse to
ensure safety on the unit(s) and communicates clearly about any
clinical updates pertinent to the patient's care
- Conducts and documents 15-minute (or more frequent including
1:1) rounds on patients in a timely manner
- Performs Hall Monitor duties as outlined in the Hall Monitor
Policy and Procedure
- Works with nursing team to ensure that the unit maintains safe
and therapeutic including appropriate use of a hall monitor
- Speaks with authority in a calm and clear voice, uses proper
selection of words and has knowledge of when and how to use
them
- Communicates with all customers (family, referral sources,
caseworkers, etc.) in a professional manner; is service oriented;
and is courteous, friendly, and empathetic
- Exhibits calm and controlled attitude; does not overreact to
allow his/her own actions to further deteriorate the
situation.
- Answers the telephone in a professional manner; directs calls
appropriately, and takes messages
- Maintains confidentiality of patients at all times
- Sensitivity and willingness to interact with persons of various
social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds.
- Skills in teaching or assisting with activities of daily living
helpful
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team and be
flexible with scheduling variations
- Good judgment, problem solving, and decision-making skills
- Maintains accurate account of time work and completes
rest-period breaks according to hospital policy
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, expanding environment Physical
Requirements: Ability to exercise self-control in potentially
volatile situations such as being verbally or physically confronted
in a threatening or aggressive manner; must be able to work and
concentrate amidst distractions such as noise, conversation and
foot traffic; ability to handle interruptions often and be able to
move from one task to another; must be flexible and not easily
frustrated in dealing with differences of opinions. Ability to
stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift,
grasp, and be able to perceive the attributes of objects such as
size, shape, temperature, and/or texture by touching with skin,
particularly that of the fingertips. Ability to express and
exchange ideas via spoken word during activities in which they must
convey detail or important spoken instructions to others
accurately, sometimes quickly and loudly. Hearing to perceive the
nature of sound with no less than 40 db loss @ Hz, 1000 Hz, and
2000 Hz with or without correction; ability to perceive detailed
information through oral communication and to make fine
discriminations in sound. Perform repetitive motions with wrists,
hands, and fingers. Individual must be able to exert up to 50
pounds of force occasionally and to be able to lift, carry, push,
pull, or otherwise move objects. Work requires a minimum standard
of visual acuity with or without correction that will enable people
in the role to complete administrative and clerical tasks and
visually observe patients on the unit and in therapeutic
activities. While worker may possibly be subjected to temperature
changes, the worker is generally not substantially exposed to
adverse environmental conditions as the work is predominantly
inside. Benefits
- Medical
- Vision
- Dental
- 401(k)
- 3.5 Weeks Paid Time Off
- $25,000 Life insurance policy is provided at no charge to the
employee
Keywords: Northern California Behavioral Health System, Santa Rosa , Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) (Santa Rosa), Healthcare , Santa Rosa, California
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