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PRN Dialysis Transporter (CNA)

@ The Health Center at Standifer Place
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
OnsitePart Time
Responsibilities:transporting residents, lifting patients, assisting residents
Requirements Summary:Must hold a valid CNA license, able to lift 60–70 lbs, stand 7–8 hours, follow HIPAA and infection-control procedures, complete assigned care and transport residents for in-house dialysis.
Job Description

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PRN Dialysis Transporter (CNA)

Must have a valid CNA license! - Certified in a different state? We can help you transfer your license!

Typical Physical and Working Conditions:

Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination. Involves standing and walking for extensive periods of time. May be exposed to communicable diseases and/or body fluids. Requires vision and hearing correctable to normal range. Requires working under stressful conditions

Personal Qualifications:

  1. Sensitive to our residents' physical and psycho-social needs.
  2. Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
  3. Able to read and write so that center charting requirements can be met.
  4. Pleasant and cheerful personality.
  5. Tactful and courteous approach with residents and visitors.
  6. Treat all resident information as confidential material by complying with all HIPPA regulations.
  7. Adhere to dress code as directed by center policy.

Physical Demands:

  1. Must have health ability to meet performance requirements. 
  2. Able to be on feet 7-8 hours per day.
  3. Able to lift 60-70 lbs. on a frequent basis.
  4. Able to bend, stoop, squat or twist frequently in a day.
  5. Able to see and hear adequately in order to respond to auditory and visual requests from residents.
  6. Able to speak clearly to adequately communicate with residents.
  7. Upper extremity mobility which does not impede fine motor coordination and manual dexterity.
  8. Report any medical conditions, such as communicable disease, that may interfere with providing direct resident care.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities Required:

  1. Understands and practices universal precautions with all residents.
  2. Gets residents out of bed and transport them to in-house dialysis.
  3. Performs all assigned tasks/procedures
  4. Adheres to policies and procedures of the Department of Nursing.
  5. Performs general care activities for residents in isolation, adhering to the center's Infection Control Policies.
  6. Collects and transports specimens as directed, following Infection Control P and P.
  7. Assists in maintaining a safe and clean environment, reports equipment that is out of order, reports other problems to the charge nurse, maintains appropriate handling of clean and soiled linen and stores supplies on the unit.
  8. Establishes and maintains interpersonal relationship with residents, family members, and other center personnel, while assuring confidentiality of resident information.
  9. Practices careful, efficient and non-wasteful use of supplies and linen, and follows established charge procedures for resident charge items.
  10. Ability and willingness to be assigned work on different units according to staffing needs.
  11. Ability to work in settings where patients' needs, actions, and response to others are widely varied, where unpredictable reactions and/or emergencies occur, and where your immediate, professional, and compassionate action is required.
  12. Must attend in-service programs, as assigned, to learn procedures, develop skills, and to meet state and federal requirements for health care providers and to maintain certification.

Other Demands :

  1. Willingness to work with the realization that errors may have serious consequences for residents.
  2. Patience and tact in dealing with residents.
  3. Willingness to perform a variety of simple repetitive tasks.
  4. Subject to night, weekend and holiday duty.
2626 Walker Rd.
Chattanooga, TN   37421
423-490-1599