CNA Night Shifts

In Central Minnesota you’ll find quality health care as near to you as CHI St. Gabriel’s Health in Little Falls, part of CommonSpirit Health. We’ve been serving this area since 1892 and we have the equipment, experience, and expertise to offer you a full range of the latest health services.

Sign On Bonus: $2,500

The Nursing Assistant is responsible for assisting the professional nurses in the delivery of patient care.  Under direction of the staff nurse, the nursing assistant may deliver routine personal care, perform simple routine procedures that are non-invasive and report any unusual findings to the charge nurse or care nurses.  The Nursing Assistant is expected to incorporate and demonstrate the message of Unity Family Healthcare’s stated philosophy and mission in daily performance of duties.  The nursing assistant serves in a multidisciplinary capacity providing general services to a wide variety of populations including pediatric, medical, surgical, ambulatory, orthopedic, geriatric, post-partum, and nursery areas.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

1. Adheres to all prescribed infection control precautions (standard, contact, isolation, droplet)
2. Obtain and document vital signs including temperature, pulse, respirations, pain level per care plan
3. Obtain bedside blood glucose according to care plan, documents results, notifies nurse
4. Assists and collects with specimens: stool urine, sputum per orders
5. Implements falls prevention techniques per care plan
6. Apply and remove anti embolism stockings per care plan
7. Apply and remove sequential compression devices per care plan
8. Assist and record patient nutritional and fluid intake per care plan
9. Assist and perform patient hygiene activities per care plan
10. Assist and perform perineal cares per care plan
11. Reports changes in skin condition to nursing staff
12. Assist and perform urinary catheter cares per care plan
13. Assist and perform patient mobility
14. Turning/repositioning
15. Ambulation
16. Passive range of motion
17. Applies ice packs per patient care plan
18. Documents all activities in electronic medical record
19. Other duties as assigned within NAR scope of practice

Requirements

Successful completion of a nursing assistant training course is required

BLS

Current education on age specific assessment and interventions from neonate through geriatric

Preferred

Previous experience as a nursing assistant in a hospital setting 

Certification of Nursing Assistant License

High School Diploma