Location: Jacksonville,FL, USA
Brooks Overview:
For more than 50 years, the nonprofit Brooks Rehabilitation, headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., has been a comprehensive system of care for physical rehabilitation. Ranked as the No. 1 rehabilitation hospital in Florida and one of the top 20 in the nation on U.S. News & World Report, Brooks operates two inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in Jacksonville, Fla., and a Center for Inpatient Rehabilitation in partnership with Halifax Health (Daytona Beach). Brooks also offers one of the region's largest home healthcare agencies; more than 50 outpatient therapy clinics; the Brooks Rehabilitation Medical Group; two skilled nursing facilities; assisted living; memory care; and the Clinical Research Center, which specializes in advanced research to further the science of rehabilitation. In addition, Brooks provides many low- or no-cost community programs and services to improve the quality of life for people living with physical disabilities.
Location Overview: University Crossing
Position Summary:
A Certified Nursing Assistant is an employee who provides direct or indirect patient care under the supervision and direction of a nurse. This position will provide care to brain and spinal cord injured patients in our skilled nursing facility.
Job Responsibilities:
* Accepts assignment, direction, and delegation of tasks from the nurse(s) based on patient age, diagnosis, developmental needs, and plan of care
* Answers patient call lights.
* Provides direct ADL care and assistance, including bathing, showering, dressing, feeding for patients who are very dependent; assists those who are partially independent.
* Toilets patients or provides bedpan-urinal for elimination; cleans patients after each episode of incontinence.
* Serves patient trays, feeds patients who are very dependent; assists those who are partially independent by setting up the tray. Monitors patient for choking/aspiration.
* Provides oral hygiene and grooming to dependent patients. Assists those who are partially independent.
* Turns and repositions patients.
* Makes occupied and unoccupied beds.
* Assists with washing patient's personal clothing, as needed.
* Takes vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure), reports abnormalities to the nurse.
* Empties catheter bags; reports intake and output to the nurse.
* Provides condom catheter care.
* Obtains specimens for laboratory tests.
* Performs, bladder scans.
* Interacts with patients and families; provides emotional support for same.
* Weighs patients
* Interacts with patients and families; provides emotional support for same.
* Transports patient to various therapies and other departments as required, transports or retrieves equipment, specimens, and other items as required, escorts patients to various doctor appointments.
* Records patient care as required (vital signs, I/O, weight, other).
* Cleans and tidies patient rooms, patient bathrooms, unit kitchen and refrigerator, utility rooms, and linen closet (removes dirty linen, trays, clothing; straightens patient personal belongings), straightens dayrooms, cleans other equipment or areas, as required.
* Monitors (watches) patients for safety (to prevent falls/injuries/wandering).
* Maintains confidentiality of patient information.
* Adheres to policies and procedures specific to patient rights.
* Maintains a clean and safe environment; identifies and reports hazards. Assures patients, guest, clients, and residents' safety.
* Meets all mandatory in-service requirements.
* Adheres to policies/procedures specific to universal precautions when delivering patient care.
* Complies with attendance policy
* Dresses in compliance with policy.
* Adheres to policy for conduct.
* Consistently behaves in a courteous manner to all.).
* Communicates and interacts appropriately with co-workers.
* Completes annual equipment and skills competency checklists.
* Participates in performance improvement activities as needed.
* Exhibits excellent service to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers
Job Qualifications:
* License from the State of Florida.
* Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
* Hands-on BLS Card.
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Location: 6210 Beach Blvd, Jacksonville FL 32216