Patient Care Technician-Certified Nursing Assistant (Night Shift)

ClearSky Rehabilitation Hospital of Rio Rancho is a 25 bed, all private room-inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital. We provide superior care and amazing outcomes for our patients who have had something devastating happen in their lives. We are able to join our patients on their journeys, while giving them their independence back. The most exciting thing is when we all participate in the celebration of every patient’s hard work and dedication that they have reached their goals upon discharge. Every time our patient rings the independence day bell and receives their certificate of completion on their rehabilitation, it’s a beautiful reminder of why we do what we do every day.

We are seeking Patient Care Technicians or Certified Nursing Assistants who are passionate about patient care! This position will work under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, and will beprimarily responsible for providing direct, non-invasive bedside care to patients. This position will work the night shift.

Essential Functions:

• Prioritizes and delivers basic patient care, including bathing, toileting, feeding, grooming, etc. Performs and documents vital signs, measures and records intake and output, weights, specimen collections, etc. Transfers patients utilizing proper body mechanics and safe patient handling techniques.
• Reports any changes observed in condition or behavior of patient to appropriate nursing personnel.
• Assists in preparing unit, patient rooms, and patient beds for receiving patient admissions. Maintains bed and room in a clean, neat, safe, and comfortable manner.  Removes supplies and equipment not in use; placing furnishings and equipment out of the path in order to provide a safe, neat, and organized area.
• Adheres to patient rounding expectations and standards.
• Assists in maintaining a physical, social, and psychological environment conducive to providing maximal patient comfort and optimizing healing.
• Promptly and appropriately responds to patient and family calls and requests.  
• Appropriately designates applicable charges to individual patients using hospital’s established system.
• May be required to work during inclement weather and other staffing emergencies.

Minimum Job Requirements 

Minimum Education & Experience :

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• 2 years of experience in inpatient hospital setting preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of current clinical operations and procedures.
• Demonstrates knowledge of appropriate Infection Prevention and proper body mechanics.
• Demonstrates general computer skills including data entry, word processing, email, and records management.