Part Time Cna Hospital Jobs in Santa Rosa, CA (NOW HIRING)

Positions available: 12-hr shifts Full-Time & Part Time, NOC, Sun-Wednesday

Position Title: Certified Nurse Assistant

Department: Nursing

Reports To: Director(s) of Nursing

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

About Us:

Sonoma Specialty Hospital, as the county’s only Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, is dedicated to caring for patients that require an extended acute care stay due to severe illness or catastrophic injury. We accept patients from the ICU, Step-Down and Telemetry units of partner hospitals and continue their care for as long as 45 days. This care focuses on the challenges of getting patients off of ventilator support, healing severe wounds, aiding their recovery following surgical procedures, and providing rehabilitation to speed their return to daily life. Our Hospital provides ICU, Surgical, and Step-Down care with dialysis, multi-specialty therapies and ongoing planning for the patient’s transition back home or into a lower level of care. Please contact us with any questions, and welcome to Sonoma Specialty Hospital.

Job Summary:

Under the supervision of nursing manager, the Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) assists Registered Nurses

to provide quality nursing care to patients. Patient care duties may include traction set up, vital signs,

reporting intake/output, weights, and interdepartmental transports.

Duties and Responsibilities (include, but are not limited to the following):

• Provides individualized attention, which encourages each patient’s ability to maintain or attain the highest practical physical, mental and psychosocial well-being.
• Attends to the individual needs of patients. Examples include assistance with grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, colostomy care, prosthetic appliances, transferring, ambulation, range of motion, communicating or other needs in keeping with the
• individuals’ care requirements.
• Is knowledgeable of the individualized care plans and provides support to patients according to their care plan.
• Maintains the comfort, privacy, and dignity of patients in the delivery of services to them. Interacts with patients in a manner that displays warmth and promotes a caring environment.
• Assists in maintaining a safe, neat and clean environment; reports environmental deficiencies such as lighting or equipment problems.
• Performs various tasks assigned by the nurse manager, including checking vital signs, weighing patients, applying creams/ointments and collecting specimens.
• Lifts, moves and transports patients, using proper body mechanics or lifting devices for accident prevention.
• Practices careful and efficient use of supplies and linen and follows established charge procedures
• for patient charge items.
• ? Completes certified nursing assistant records documenting care provided or other information in
• keeping with department policies.
• ? Performs all job responsibilities in accordance with prescribed safety and infection control
• procedures, including thorough hand washing, use of disposable gloves where indicated and
• proper disposal of soiled materials.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Education and/or Experience

• CNA certification required
• BLS certification required

Experience Required:

• One year experience as CNA, Emergency Room Technician, or EMT in acute care preferred.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Has initiative in organizing work and completing assignments.
• Cooperates with staff to maintain well-organized department.
• Demonstrates professional decorum at all times.
• Is willing to accept direction from team leader.
• Maintains tactful and cheerful relationship with patients and visitors. Must use tact in dealing with relatives and friends of patients, including respecting patient confidentiality.
• Must read, speak, write and comprehend English.
• Computer skills required. Basic math knowledge, including addition, subtraction and multiplication.

Supervisory Requirements (if applicable): None

Safety Requirements:

• Employees are responsible for all aspects of the hospital safety and health program including compliance with safety rules and regulations, remedying unsafe working conditions, and for continuously practicing safety while performing duties. Sonoma Specialty Hospital policy prohibits employees with patient contact or those who prepare products for patient use from wearing artificial nails.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made toenable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Movement within hospital complex environment
• Ability to write by hand, use keyboard and mouse extensively to perform general office functions
• Ability to communicate by speech and hearing continuously
• Must have visual acuity near and far (20 inches to 20 feet), depth perception, field of vision, ability to focus on an object, ability to identify and distinguish colors
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, and walk
• Ability to grasp, hold and pick up and reach with hands and arms
• Ability to occasionally lift and carry up to 50 pounds (periodic lifting of supplies or equipment)

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to hospital areas and general office environment. The work environment is a clean, well-lit, well-ventilated, and temperature controlled environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The hours of duty are lengthy and irregular.