certified nursing assistant Silver Spring, MD
Job description
Employment Type:
Full timeShift:
12 Hour Night ShiftDescription:
Description:
- CNA provides quality nursing care to patients; implements specific procedures and programs; coordinates work within the department, as well as with other departments; reports pertinent information to the immediate supervisor; responds to inquiries or requests for information; and assists the immediate supervisor with tasks to support department operations.
- The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) may be assigned to function in either the Health Unit Coordinator or Nursing Assistant role.
Responsibilities:
- Provides assistance with activities for daily living including eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility
- Assists patient with procedures/care (prosthetic device, sitz baths, catheter care, toileting, enemas, rectal bags, colostomy care, cold compresses).
- Applies products appropriately (anti-embolism stockings, sequential compression devices, restraints, monitors).
- Sets up respiratory and cardiac equipment (Oxygen, incentive spirometry, suction, EKGs, cardiac electrodes).
What you will need:
Required:
- Certification as a nursing assistant by the Maryland Board of Nursing
- High school diploma
- BLS Certification
Preferred:
- 1 year of hospital experience.
About us:
Holy Cross Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system that serves more than 240,000 individuals each year from Maryland's two largest counties — Montgomery and Prince George's counties. Holy Cross Health earns numerous national awards, clinical designations and accreditations across a wide range of specialties for providing innovative, high-quality health care services. We were named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for 2021.
Holy Cross Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to Minority/Females/disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V)
Veteran(M/F/D/V) status.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
About Holy Cross Health
CEO: Norvell Van Coots, MD
Revenue: $500 million to $1 billion (USD)
Size: 1001 to 5000 Employees
Type: Nonprofit Organization
Website: www.holycrosshealth.org
Year Founded: 1963
