Clinical Informatics Project Manager Jobs in Valdosta, GA

DEPARTMENT: SOUTHWELL HEALTH AND REHABILITATION
FACILITY: Southwell Medical
WORK TYPE: Full Time
SHIFT: Nighttime
SUMMARY:
The Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) is responsible for assisting with both clinical and clerical duties on the nursing unit. They are responsible for assisting the professional staff in delivery of quality care in a safe manner to a varied resident population, responsible for coordinating communications occurring at the Nurse's Station while assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating resident care and the provision of safety assigned to patients. They provide customer service to patients, families, visitors, physicians, coworkers, and other medical and non-medical persons.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Assists residents/patients with ADL's per the plan of care including but not limited to bathing, dressing, grooming, feeding, toileting, transferring and mobility.
* Answer patient call lights in timely manner.
* Protects patient's rights by knocking before entering the room and by properly draping patients prior to a procedure.
* Accurately documents care.
* Takes vital signs and weights as ordered.
* Assists in the participation and removal of safety devices (i.e. side rails, footboards, etc.)
* Maintains bed alarms on those resident's with bed alarms included on residents' plan of care.
* Keeps abreast of pertinent federal, and state regulations and laws and Tift Regional Health System, Inc. ("TRHS") policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified.
* Understands and adheres to: TRHS' compliance standards as they appear in TRHS's Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy; and HIPAA and TRHS policies regarding privacy and security of protected health information.
* Demonstrates the ability to perform tasks that meet the age-specific requirements of the persons, patients, vendors, and staff that the employee is charged to interact with as required by the position.
* Offers suggestions on ways to improve operations of department and reduce costs.
* Attends all mandatory education programs.
* Improves self-knowledge through voluntarily attending continuing education/certification classes.
* Maintains required competency levels as identified in written exams, skills checklists, skills labs, annual safety and health requirements as well as service excellence education hours requirements.
* Cross-trains in order to better assist co-workers and to provide maximum efficiency in the department.
* Volunteers/participates on hospital committees, functions, and department projects.
* Manages resources effectively.
* Reports equipment in need of repair in order to extend life of equipment and removes malfunctioning equipment out of service with timely reporting to the appropriate personnel.
* Makes good use of time so as to not create needless overtime.
CREDENTIALS:
* Certified Nurse Aide
Southwell/Tift Regional Health System, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.