Certified Nursing Assistant (Palm Coast)

This is a full-time position. Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00.

 EDUCATION 

• High School Diploma or equivalent   
• Certified Nursing Assistant program approved by the Florida Board of Nursing 

 CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES

• Certified Nursing Assistant license with the State of Florida
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.  Must be completed within 30-days of hire.

  EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 1-year experience working as a Certified Nursing Assistant required.

POSITION SUMMARY

Responsible for preparing patients for interaction with provider, assists with coordination of quality patient care, and performing routine clinical duties. This position reports to the Center Manager and has no supervisory responsibilities.   

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Obtain information from the patient during the visit to include vital signs and all required quality measure data as preparation for patient visit. 

• Participate in team meetings to communicate and address patient care and operational requirements. 
• Participates in huddles emphasizing a team-based approach to care. 
• Answers the telephone in a courteous and professional manner. 
• Collect patient history and gather information pertinent to visit; document all communication to patients and clinicians in the electronic health record (EHR). 
• Reviews charts for documentation or grammatical errors. 
• Communicate with clinician frequently regarding patient care. 

• Interview patients to obtain medical information
• Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for provider.
• Performs specific functions in conjunction with health assessment such as vital signs, weight, height, etc.
• Follows Infection Control guidelines to include maintaining a clean environment, exam rooms, equipment, including handling of blood and body fluid.

• Communicates to assigned supervisor/provider for all cases needing a higher level of intervention in a timely fashion. 
• Will perform in a professional manner, by maintaining strong interpersonal, listening, and communication skills to exceed customer service expectations. 
• Maintain supply inventories and medical stock in exam rooms and nursing station; keep secured; check expiration dates; order supplies ,as needed, through the Center Manager. 

• Maintain patient information within HIPAA guidelines.

• Team members in this role will need to be familiar with navigating daily tasks and workflow within an EHR which includes creating and updating electronic documentation using electronic tools and applications on portable computing devices, results review, order entry and clinical decision support. 
• Individuals will assist in organizing the work of a provider to take full advantage of the features of health IT in pursuit of meaningful use. This includes communicating health/medical information using standard definitions, vocabularies, terminologies and/or relevant data sets as used in the organization’s health information systems. 
• May be required to travel to other Aza Health locations. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.