Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - NICU - PT - Nights

Join our NICU team as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) working part-time nights. In this role, you will provide direct patient care to neonatal patients under the supervision of registered nurses, assisting with activities of daily living, patient data collection, and clinical procedures while supporting the efficient functioning of the unit.

Clinical Setting

This position is based in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), where you will work as part of a collaborative patient care team.

Responsibilities

Assists patients in routine activities of daily living:

• Performs range of motion exercises
• Ambulates patients
• Positions patients and provides skin care
• Distributes linen and changes beds as needed
• Assists with feeding and meal delivery
• Assists with routine hygiene care including toileting, incontinent care, oral hygiene, and personal hygiene

Assists patient care team in collection of patient data and specimens:

• Obtains and processes urine, stool, and sputum specimens
• Obtains and records height, weight, vital signs, pulse oximetry, pain assessment, and intake and output
• Communicates patient status and reports changes in patient condition to licensed professionals

Assists patient care team by performing and explaining designated patient care procedures:

• Performs incentive spirometry
• Transports patients and preps for diagnostic tests
• Assists rehabilitation therapists
• Performs pulse oximetry and oxygen setup in oxygen therapy
• Prepares rooms and supplies
• Provides post-mortem care
• Prepares for patient admission and discharge
• Assists nurses in emergency situations
• Maintains and cleans equipment
• Performs oral and nasopharyngeal suction
• Performs blood sugar finger sticks
• Removes IV catheters per licensed nurse instruction
• Performs EKGs as a department-specific responsibility

Additional responsibilities:

• Answers unit phone and directs calls appropriately
• Performs data entry into electronic medical database systems
• Documents patient care and related duties appropriately
• Performs selected patient registration activities
• Coordinates equipment and supply needs
• Notifies appropriate departments of equipment malfunctions
• Performs other related clerical and technical duties as assigned

Schedule

• Part-time, nights
• Must be able to tolerate irregular hours including evenings, nights, and weekends

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• CNA license issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia
• AHA BLS Provider CPR certification required at hire
• CPI certification required within 90 days of hire (for CNAs working at Snowden at Fredericksburg)

Physical Requirements

• Constant walking and standing (67-100% of workday)
• Constant use of arms and hands (67-100% of workday)
• Frequent bending, stooping, kneeling, and squatting (34-66% of workday)
• Ability to lift 35 lbs
• Ability to push and pull 20 lbs
• Auditory and visual skills including color determination
• Ability to work in confined spaces
• Ability to reach above and overhead

Mental Requirements

• Critical thinking and analytical skills
• Ability to multitask
• Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team
• Capacity to cope with difficult situations

Environmental Requirements and Exposure Hazards

• Potential risk of exposure to radiation and toxic chemicals
• Potential for exposure to bloodborne pathogens
• Must be able to wear appropriate personal protective equipment

Compensation

• Pay range: $18.07 - $23.49 per hour