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in North Bergen, NJ
Certified Nursing Assistant (Contingent Worker)
•9 days ago
Estimated Pay | $22 per hour |
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Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
Location | North Bergen, New Jersey |
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About this job
Client Summary: Our client is a leading not-for-profit health care organization that is the largest, most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care.
Job Description: Certified Nursing Assistant/CNA (Contingent Worker)
The Certified Nursing Assistant provides direct patient care under the direction of the RN professional to all assigned patients, and maintains a safe patient area. He/she assumes responsibility and accountability for patient care as a team member in order to achieve established outcomes.
Essential Generic Job Functions (List in order of importance):
Required Certifications & Licensure:
Benefits offered to our workers include the following:
Job Description: Certified Nursing Assistant/CNA (Contingent Worker)
The Certified Nursing Assistant provides direct patient care under the direction of the RN professional to all assigned patients, and maintains a safe patient area. He/she assumes responsibility and accountability for patient care as a team member in order to achieve established outcomes.
Essential Generic Job Functions (List in order of importance):
- Provides direct hygiene and comfort care to patients including bathing, toileting, oral hygiene, incontinent care, and bed making.
- Takes vital signs under the direction of the RN, and documents accordingly, and notifies the RN of the results.
- Performs and documents glucose finger sticks and collects other specimens including stool, urine, and sputum.
- Obtains and documents daily patient weights and observes and documents patient's intake and output.
- Provides a safe patient environment by answering call lights promptly, communicating with the RN immediately for any change in patient's condition.
- Acts in the role of patient sitter when needed.
- Maintains a clean and safe nursing unit and patient room.
- Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.).
- This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).
- Contacts: Regular contact with Medical Center personnel, patients and visitors.
Required Certifications & Licensure:
- Certified Nursing and/or nursing student enrolled in a BSN program who has successfully completed theoretical and clinical practical in fundamentals of nursing in nursing school.
- Maintain current BLS/CPR certification from the American Heart Association.
- Must have at least 1 year of experience working in an Acute setting.
- CNA Float Pool- Must be willing to act as a sitter as needed and float to other units as needed.
Benefits offered to our workers include the following:
- Medical Insurance
- Vision & Dental insurance
- Life Insurance
- 401K
- Commuter Benefits
- Employee Discounts & Rewards
- Payroll Payment Options