Certified Nursing Assistant - Full-time / Part-time

Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is one of the nation's largest and most respected health care management companies, operating through its subsidiaries acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers nationwide. Founded in 1978, UHS subsidiaries now have more than 65,000 employees. The UHS business strategy is to build or purchase health care properties in rapidly growing markets and create a strong franchise based on exceptional service and effective cost control. Our success comes from a responsive management style and a service philosophy based on integrity, competence and compassion.

Rockford Center is Delaware 's first private psychiatric facility and remains a leader in providing behavioral health care services and continues its commitment to providing quality health care. Rockford Center, a 118-bed acute psychiatric hospital continues to provide a full continuum of behavioral health services to geriatrics, adults, adolescents, and children.

Rockford Center currently has an opening for a C.N.A. in our Inpatient Geriatric Nursing Department. The candidate selected will be responsible for the following:

Monitor unit patients and complete rounds as assigned.

Participate in treatment planning by helping to identify patients' problems, needs and strengths. Report all areas of concern regarding patient's mental or physical status to the Charge Nurse.

Assist in the admission process, including obtaining vital signs, safety search of patients and personal belongings, obtaining urine specimens and orienting new patients to the unit and their program.

Ensure precaution protocols are followed, and encourage patients to actively participate in all program activities.

Accompany patients as assigned by Charge Nurse.

Maintain patient, department and related documentation ensuring that forms are properly and promptly completed and routed.

Participate in hospital emergency codes necessary to the unit's and the hospital's safe operation.

Provide general nursing assistance, appropriate to patients' age and as assigned and supervised by charge nurse.

Monitor vital signs and assist patients with activities of daily living.

Performs activities with the patients safely.

Assigned 1:1 requires assistant to patients with all of their needs, i.e. toileting, bathing, grooming, meals, dressing, helping patient to ambulate safely, etc.

Assisting with dressing changes as needed.

Carry out clerical and administrative assignment to support patient care and department operations, including taking and routing of phone messages.

The following are the job requirements for the C.N.A. position:

Completion of an accredited nurse assistant program. Valid State of DE C.N.A certification.

UHS is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at UHS via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of UHS. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by UHS as a result of the referral or through other means.

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