Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Basic Life Support (BLS), Childcare, Clinical Assessment, Food Delivery, Healthcare, High School Diploma, Input/Output, Interpersonal Skills, Nursing, Nutritional Needs, Order Processing, Patient Assessment, Patient Care, Team Building, Time Management
Work with the medical staff and other healthcare professionals to provide direct patient care in a variety of health care settings.
Essential Job Functions
- Assist with patient treatments as directed by nursing and physician staff
- Assist with patient care planning and patient assessment
- Assist with recording of vital signs, height, and weight, input/output.
- Assist with patient nutritional needs-delivery of food trays, feeding as needed, additional nourishment
- Assist with patient mobility-turning and positioning, ambulation, and transferring to wheelchair as needed
- Assist with patient discharging
- Assist with patient ADL’S-including bathing, dressing, grooming.
- Assist with inventory-stocking needed supplies
- Assist with computer order entry as needed
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED Required
- 0-2 years of related experience
- CNA required
- BLS certified
Other Skills/Abilities
- Use of interpersonal communication techniques.
- Requires standing, walking and running.
- Organization and time management without direct order.
- Requires pulling, lifting, turning and assisting patients.
- Present a professional, caring and courteous image.
- Knowledge of team building and dynamics.
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Specialists Hospital Shreveport, LLC