The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the person assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.

1. 1. 1. Performs testing and manages the care of the patient based on results achieved and clinical findings.
      2. Records patient care along the continuum, including activities of daily living (ADLs): feeding, bathing, dressing, toileting and transferring.
      3. Completes, documents and reports patient vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, oxygen saturation and reported pain level).
      4. Assists in admission, transfer and discharge of patients.
      5. Participates in cost effective strategies to optimize patient outcomes.
      6. Promotes patient safety including fall prevention. Ensures the safety of the clinical environment for patients, visitors, and other staff members.
      7. Maintains order and appearance of patient rooms and work area. Maintains patient care supplies and linen.
      8. Provides post-mortem care.
      9. Collaborates with members of the health care team to carry out the plan of care, including reporting observed changes in patients’ condition.
      10. Ensure patient comfort relative to their pain status.
      11. Measures and documents dietary intake and patient urinary and stool output. Documents calorie count. Measures and documents patient weight.
      12. Conducts indwelling urinary catheter care. Applies, maintains and removes external urinary catheter devices. 
      13. Conducts blood glucose monitoring.
      14. Provides wound care to promote healing and maintain structural integrity of the skin. Performs skin care and hygiene and reports impaired skin integrity and/or wound impairment. Assists with appropriate strategies and/or treatment measures to provide wound care.
      15. Assists with collection of patient specimens for laboratory testing. Incorporates proper techniques for patient identification, method for collection of appropriate specimen(s) and documentation.
      16. 1. 1. Provides orthopedic/rehab device care: e.g. braces, splints, CPM. Dons/doffs compression wraps/stockings.
             2. Participates in hourly patient rounding in collaboration with the health care team.
             3. Responds to patient triggered alarms, including call light, chair alarm, bed alarm, tele-sitter alarm, etc.
             4. Complies with the The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals within scope of practice.
             5. Detects, reports, and acts to avoid or correct safety risks. Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority. 
             6. Provides professional vigilance to assigned patients, including when assigned as a patient safety companion.
             7. Incorporates safe lifting techniques and body mechanics in daily practice.
             8. Improves patient flow and prevents care delays.
             9. Performs other duties as assigned.

General Summary

• Under the direction of professional nursing staff, provides direct patient care. Takes vital signs, checks surgical dressings, aids patient’s with activities of daily living. This role performs blood draws and collects specimen samples. Observes and collects data and communicates about the patient’s status in order to identify needs and provides needed care. Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary patient care services team.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Current Maryland state certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA) required.
• No previous experience required; previous direct patient care experience in a health care facility preferred.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated knowledge of universal blood and body fluids precautions and aseptic technique.
• Knowledge of basic patient care skills, such as bathing, taking and recording vital signs, feeding, and weighing patients.
• Ability to perform CPR procedures.
• Highly effective verbal communication and interpersonal skills with patients, visitors, and other healthcare team members to establish working relationships that foster optimal quality of patient care.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the patient population(s) served. Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and ability to assess data reflective of the patient's requirements relative to his or her population-specific and age specific needs.

Patient Safety

• Ensures patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department or unit patient safety initiatives.
• Takes action to correct observed risks to patient safety.
• Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority.
• Identifies possible risks in processes, procedures, devices and communicates the same to those in charge.

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