Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)

Resolution Think LLC's joint venture, Cognito Systems,  is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant to work on site at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA. The lives of our nation’s active-duty military depend on outstanding healthcare. Cognito Systems strives to provide highly qualified healthcare professionals to work in the heart of military medicine. As a civilian contractor working for Cognito Systems, you will serve as a Certified Nursing Assistant providing care to active duty service members, veterans, and their families. 

Essential Functions and Job Responsibilities

• Be a Part of the Team: Cognito Systems, LLC is Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture between Resolution Think and Quarter Line Consulting Services. Cognito Systems is committed to providing high-quality service to our customers and to delivering world-class healthcare to members of our military and our nation’s veterans.
• The Benefits: Our team offers competitive compensation packages, a full range of benefits, continuing education, and excellent work-life balance to ensure your success
• Compensation: 
  • Hourly Rate: $19.80
  • H&W Rate: $5.09
  • Total Hourly Rate: $24.89/hr. 

• Perform vital sign checks, note deviations, report to team leader, and ensure proper documentation.
• Provides for the safety, hygiene, personal care, activities of daily living, exercise, and turning and repositioning of patients.
• Clean and restock procedure and patient rooms with supplies forms and linen, dispose of trash and soiled linen, supplies, and equipment.
• Assists/Chaperones for providers during diagnostic examination, treatment and/or procedures for patients. Set up examination room, assist the patient with disrobing/dressing based on the level of assistance required, drape and position patient appropriately based on the type of examination and chaperone as necessary.
• Set up and assist primary care provider with specimen collection, label, and document appropriate patient information prior to transporting specimen to lab for processing.
• Skills to obtain specimens for cultures (throat, nasal, wound, etc.) and collect other specimens (urine, sputum and blood) IAW SOP and competencies, when appropriate. 
• Completes competencies in phlebotomy for blood specimen collection.
• Observe patients for distress or changes in condition and report abnormalities to team leader or other senior nursing/medical personnel. 
• Perform role of a Safety Attendant for patients at risk of suicide to ensure the patient is safe and not a harm to themself or others. Complete the Safety Attendant observation worksheet on an ongoing basis and use to report during check-ins with other staff.
• Perform or assist with minor, acute, and routine primary care tasks in the inpatient setting or ambulatory clinics in accordance with SOPs and training rendered under the supervision of a physician, nurse, nurse practitioner or other assigned personnel

• Degree/Education: Completion of a Certified Nurse Assistant program
• Minimum one year experience within the last two years as a certified nurse assistant working in an Emergency Room or Urgent Care post-graduation/course completion.
• Certifications: Basic Life Support Certification 
• Citizenship: US Citizenship required per contract terms

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