Certified Nurse Assistant
Certified Nurse Assistant
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11-10-2024
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SH 586 Certified Nurse Assistant West Lafayette IN
About Syra Health:
Syra Health is a healthcare consulting company with a mission to improve healthcare by providing innovative services and technology solutions. Syra Health aims to achieve its goal by becoming a valuable partner to government payers providers life sciences organizations and academic institutions. Syra Health offers products and services in digital health behavioural and mental health population health management health education and healthcare workforce.
Job Requirements/Competencies
Purpose of Position/Summary:
Accurately administers authorized medications and treatments. Conducts and assists with nursing programs as assigned. Performs a variety of tasks associated with the daily care and treatment of patients. Works under the clinical supervision of a licensed nurse to provide patient care helping patients meet their physical and emotional needs.
BHRAs assist with direct patient care and other activities of daily living therapeutically interacting with patients providing active treatment escorting patients to programs and appointments and providing for the health and general welfare of patients being mindful of their risk group.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Administers and documents authorized medications and treatments per hospital policies and procedures.
- Reports side effects of medications to RN.
- Recognizes the potential need for a prn medication and reports the need to RN.
- Follows controlled substance procedures.
- Carries out or assists with physical care of patients including bathing feeding taking vital signs heights weights and other activities of daily living as indicated.
- Maintains current CPR and Bridge Building certifications.
- Initiates and participates in therapeutic interventions by using principles of deescalation redirection and approved Bridge Building techniques for prevention and management of behavior.
- Escorts patients to and from therapies and other areas of the hospital for treatment and programming.
- Escorts and/or drives patients to offgrounds appointments and activities.
- Observes patients physical condition and reports changes to the RN.
- Appropriately and accurately reports pertinent information both verbal and written.
- Appropriately applies skills in psychosocial care of patients: Encourages patients and interacts with them to socialize and participate in activities and programming.
- Serves as a role model for appropriate behavior to patients.
- Demonstrates the ability to deal therapeutically with adverse behavior.
- Recognizes psychiatric emergencies and intervenes appropriately.
- Participates in conducting active treatment programs.
- Provides care according to treatment plan objectives and goals.
- Observes and accurately documents medical records and flow sheets using proper format and terminology.
- Follows safety standards and precautions policies procedures and regulations.
- Safely demonstrates the ability to apply restraint and seclusion procedures per policy.
- Demonstrates consistent interactions and approaches with patients and coworkers promoting dignity and respect.
- Demonstrates the ability to set appropriate healthy boundaries and limitations according to individual treatment plans.
- Properly and consistently utilize standard precautions.
- Completes unit housekeeping duties as assigned or indicated.
- Serves on hospital committees and work groups as requested.
- Attends required hospital or department inservices.
- Floating to other units is required.
Job Requirements:
- A high school diploma or GED and basic computer skills are required.
- Maintain current CPR from AHA and Bridge Building certification.
- CNAs assist with direct patient care and other activities of daily living therapeutically interacting with patients providing active treatment escorting patients to programs and appointments and providing for the health and general welfare of patients being mindful of their risk group.
Employment Type
Full Time
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