What are the responsibilities and job description for the CNA position at CommonSpirit Health?
Job Summary and Responsibilities
We are offering up to a $1,500 Sign-On Bonus to new hires who meet the eligibility requirements.
As a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), you will provide essential patient care, contributing to comfort, safety, and recovery under RN direction. You will deliver compassionate basic care, assist with patient transport, and actively contribute to the plan of care as a vital member of our interdisciplinary team. Success in this role requires a dedicated spirit of service, strong communication, meticulous patient support, and an unwavering commitment to dignified, high-quality healthcare.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Patient Handoff & Rounds: Receive patient reports from outgoing CNA; conduct hourly rounds, checking vitals, maintaining whiteboard info, and assisting with care.
- Mobility & Transport: Assist with patient ambulation (e.g., to recliners, bathroom, or down halls) and safely transport discharged patients to vehicles.
- Personal Care: Assist patients with hygiene needs, including full or assisted bed baths, or providing supplies for ambulatory patients.
- Clinical Support (under RN direction): Assist bedside nurses with procedures (e.g., tube insertions) and wound care/dressing changes, including patient positioning, supply management, and cleanup.
- General Care & Documentation: Change bed linens, check patient weights, perform other assigned tasks, and document all care in the patient's record.
Contribution to Nursing Process (under Licensed Practitioner/RN/LPN Supervision):
- Assessment: Contribute to health status assessment.
- Planning: Contribute to the care plan via observation, data collection, and communication.
- Implementation: Provide basic patient care as delegated.
- Evaluation: Contribute to evaluation through observation of responses and communication of findings.
Job Requirements
- Must be at least 16 years of age
- Successful Completion of the 75-hour state-approved Nursing Assistant course
- Active Nurse Aide (CNA) license in good standing in Nebraska
- Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association
Where You’ll Work
CHI Health Immanuel, located in North Omaha just off of I-680 on 72nd Street, offers a full-service hospital, cancer center, rehabilitation center, specialty spine hospital and more. For well over a century, our commitment to serve our community inspires our staff to provide the highest quality of care to all who we have the privilege to serve.