(Archived) Certified Nursing Assistant ( CNA )

A-Team Solutions, a government contractor, is seeking several Certified Nursing Assistants for contract positions at the VA hospital in Philadelphia, PA. Full time coverage is needed for several units, shift times 7a-3p, 3p-11p, 11p-7a and 7p-7a. CNAs will provide a vital role, assisting the licensed nurses providing direct patient care for patients in the medical center.

Requirements:

· Provider must have a current certificate as a NA and one-year experience as a NA

· Must have BLS through the American Heart Association

· Must have a clear background to clear government credentialing

DUTIES:

· Performs a range of personal nursing care which includes feeding, walking, lifting, turning patients, providing related hygiene care to patients using specialized equipment receiving oxygen or suction therapy.

· Performs a range of diagnostic support duties which includes taking, recording and reporting to the nurse deviations in vital signs and change in patients’ condition such as diabetic, uremic coma, insulin shock, gastro-intestinal hemorrhage and reporting them to the nurse or Assists the doctor in a variety of diagnostic examinations such as lumbar punctures, liver biopsy, bone marrow examinations and emergency procedures.

· Assembles necessary equipment and positions patients, collects, labels and transports specimens to laboratory, including specimens for acid-fast bacillus and closed drainage Checks patients frequently during and following procedures for changes in patient’s condition. Escorts patients to and from diagnostic studies. Cleans and cares for equipment used in oxygen and suction therapy, frame beds and reports equipment in need of repair.

· Performs a range of treatment procedures that include changing simple as a sterile dressing. Gives cleansing and retention enemas as well as colostomy and non-medicated bladder Cares for patients with infection, communicable diseases and those in infection isolation. Performs nasal-pharyngeal, laryngeal and tracheal suction, tube feedings. Gives baths. Cares for patients receiving oxygen via cannula or mask as well as ventimask, patients with chest therapy and postural drainage. Cares for patients with condom catheters as well as indwelling Foley catheters. Administers BLS measures.

· Verbally provides information to the nurse for inclusion in the Nursing Care Plans. Graphs vital signs. Enters information about the patients’ condition in the patients’ chart. Assists with completion of patients’ admission history.

A-Team Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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