Responsibilities
- Required Education/Licensure: Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Required Experience: Ability to perform required physical tasks related to patient care.
- Strong communication, observation, and interpersonal skills.
- Preferred Experience: Experience in acute care or inpatient settings.
- Familiarity with purposeful rounding, fall prevention, or patient experience initiatives.
- Key Performance Indicators
- Improved patient satisfaction scores related to responsiveness.
- Decreased patient falls during mid-shift hours.
- Consistent compliance with purposeful rounding expectations.
- Positive feedback from patients, families, and care team members.
- Employee Health Requirements
Exposure/Sensory Requirements:
Exposure to:
Chemicals: Refer to MSDS sheets
Video Display Terminals: Average
Blood and Body Fluids: Depends on patients’ diagnosis, exposure to urine, blood, stool, vomitus, AIDS, Herpes.
TB or Airborne Pathogens: High risk-sputum, secretions, coughing. Likelihood of exposure can be reduced with universal precautions.
Sensory requirements (speech, vision, smell, hearing, touch):
Speech: Required to communicate with patient/families/staff/doctors, coworkers, ancillary personnel and other department heads. Ability to ask for help.
Vision: Required to observe patients; reading equipment and dials.
Smell: Helpful to note presence of incontinence, vomitus, blood; electrical/fire safety.
Hearing: Necessary to hear alarms, yells for help and to hear patient verbalizations.
Touch: Contact with patients, need to distinguish between hot and cold.
Activity/Lifting Requirements:
Shift: Mid Shift (Midday)
Percentage of time during the normal workday the employee is required to:
Sit: 10%
Twist: 5%
Stand: 45%
Crawl: 0%
Walk: 25%
Kneel: 0%
Lift: 6%
Drive: 0%
Squat: 2%
Climb: 1%
Bend: 5%
Reach above shoulders: 1%
The weight required to be lifted each normal workday according to the continuum described below:
- Up to 10 lbs: Frequently
- Up to 20 lbs: Frequently
- Up to 35 lbs: Frequently
- Up to 60 lbs: Occasionally
- Up to 75 lbs: Not Required
- Up to 100 lbs: Not Required
- Over 100lbs: Not Required
Describe and explain the lifting and carrying requirements:
Lifting of patients off their beds that are unable to move independently is done with assistive lifting equipment.
Horizontal movement of patients to and from carts/beds who are unable to move independently is done with assistive lifting equipment.
Lifting equipment - carry 25'- 150' waist high (IV bags, patient trays).
Carry charts 25'- 150' waist high. Filled laundry bags are filled half full so as not to weigh over 35 lbs.
Carry fire extinguishers down 1/2 flight of stairs or up 3-4 flights of stairs and several yards in an emergency.
Maximum consecutive time (minutes) during the normal workday for each activity:
Sit: 30
Twist: 15
Stand: 60
Crawl: 0
Walk: 15
Kneel: 0
Lift: 5
Drive: 0
Squat: 5
Climb: 1
Bend: 15
Reach above shoulders: 5
Repetitive use of hands (Frequency indicated):
Simple grasp 15 lbs.
Pushing & pulling - 50-200 lbs: Occasionally
Fine Manipulation: taking temperature with probe. Opening juice and milk containers. Opening silverware, soap packages. Handling CS tags. Using writing instruments.
Repetitive use of foot or feet in operating machine control:
Bed lock and cardiac chair - at least 50lbs of pressure. Hydraulic tub lift -at least 50lbs of pressure.
Environmental Factors and Special Hazards:
Environmental Factors (Time Spent):
- Inside hours: up to 12
- Outside hours: 0
- Temperature: Normal Range
- Lighting: Average
- Noise levels: Average
- Humidity: Normal Range
- Atmosphere: Odors
Special Hazards: Chemical -drugs/work with patients receiving chemotherapy-Explosive-oxygen; Radiation-cesium implants and radioactive iodine therapy direct radiation for radiology equipment; mechanical- use of Hoover lift bed scales, motorized wheelchairs, bathtub lift chair.
Protective Clothing Required: Gowns, gloves, goggles, masks, HEPA masks for TB.
Pay Range
USD $19.02 - USD $23.46 /Hr
Responsibilities
- Required Education/Licensure: Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Required Experience: Ability to perform required physical tasks related to patient care.
- Strong communication, observation, and interpersonal skills.
- Preferred Experience: Experience in acute care or inpatient settings.
- Familiarity with purposeful rounding, fall prevention, or patient experience initiatives.
- Key Performance Indicators
- Improved patient satisfaction scores related to responsiveness.
- Decreased patient falls during mid-shift hours.
- Consistent compliance with purposeful rounding expectations.
- Positive feedback from patients, families, and care team members.
- Employee Health Requirements
Exposure/Sensory Requirements:
Exposure to:
Chemicals: Refer to MSDS sheets
Video Display Terminals: Average
Blood and Body Fluids: Depends on patients’ diagnosis, exposure to urine, blood, stool, vomitus, AIDS, Herpes.
TB or Airborne Pathogens: High risk-sputum, secretions, coughing. Likelihood of exposure can be reduced with universal precautions.
Sensory requirements (speech, vision, smell, hearing, touch):
Speech: Required to communicate with patient/families/staff/doctors, coworkers, ancillary personnel and other department heads. Ability to ask for help.
Vision: Required to observe patients; reading equipment and dials.
Smell: Helpful to note presence of incontinence, vomitus, blood; electrical/fire safety.
Hearing: Necessary to hear alarms, yells for help and to hear patient verbalizations.
Touch: Contact with patients, need to distinguish between hot and cold.
Activity/Lifting Requirements:
Shift: Mid Shift (Midday)
Percentage of time during the normal workday the employee is required to:
Sit: 10%
Twist: 5%
Stand: 45%
Crawl: 0%
Walk: 25%
Kneel: 0%
Lift: 6%
Drive: 0%
Squat: 2%
Climb: 1%
Bend: 5%
Reach above shoulders: 1%
The weight required to be lifted each normal workday according to the continuum described below:
- Up to 10 lbs: Frequently
- Up to 20 lbs: Frequently
- Up to 35 lbs: Frequently
- Up to 60 lbs: Occasionally
- Up to 75 lbs: Not Required
- Up to 100 lbs: Not Required
- Over 100lbs: Not Required
Describe and explain the lifting and carrying requirements:
Lifting of patients off their beds that are unable to move independently is done with assistive lifting equipment.
Horizontal movement of patients to and from carts/beds who are unable to move independently is done with assistive lifting equipment.
Lifting equipment - carry 25'- 150' waist high (IV bags, patient trays).
Carry charts 25'- 150' waist high. Filled laundry bags are filled half full so as not to weigh over 35 lbs.
Carry fire extinguishers down 1/2 flight of stairs or up 3-4 flights of stairs and several yards in an emergency.
Maximum consecutive time (minutes) during the normal workday for each activity:
Sit: 30
Twist: 15
Stand: 60
Crawl: 0
Walk: 15
Kneel: 0
Lift: 5
Drive: 0
Squat: 5
Climb: 1
Bend: 15
Reach above shoulders: 5
Repetitive use of hands (Frequency indicated):
Simple grasp 15 lbs.
Pushing & pulling - 50-200 lbs: Occasionally
Fine Manipulation: taking temperature with probe. Opening juice and milk containers. Opening silverware, soap packages. Handling CS tags. Using writing instruments.
Repetitive use of foot or feet in operating machine control:
Bed lock and cardiac chair - at least 50lbs of pressure. Hydraulic tub lift -at least 50lbs of pressure.
Environmental Factors and Special Hazards:
Environmental Factors (Time Spent):
- Inside hours: up to 12
- Outside hours: 0
- Temperature: Normal Range
- Lighting: Average
- Noise levels: Average
- Humidity: Normal Range
- Atmosphere: Odors
Special Hazards: Chemical -drugs/work with patients receiving chemotherapy-Explosive-oxygen; Radiation-cesium implants and radioactive iodine therapy direct radiation for radiology equipment; mechanical- use of Hoover lift bed scales, motorized wheelchairs, bathtub lift chair.
Protective Clothing Required: Gowns, gloves, goggles, masks, HEPA masks for TB.
