Certified Nursing Assistant – AHCC

Description

Airway Heights Corrections Center
  Airway Heights, WA.

The Department of Corrections is seeking a highly motivated and qualified Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) for the Airway Heights Corrections Center located in Airway Heights, WA.

This position supports the Department's mission to improve public safety by delivering and leading others in the delivery of nursing services that promote health, foster healing, and support coping and adjusting to various health conditions. This position supports the mission of the Health Services Division by providing necessary, comprehensive, quality health services and to promote wellness in preparation for return to the community.

At the Department of Corrections, we value our nurses and understand how important they are to our patients and their families.  Additionally, we offer a great benefit package along with opportunity for professional and personal growth.

• A detailed resume

The mission of the Department of Corrections is to 'improve public safety by positively changing lives". For additional information visit our website at doc.wa.gov

Application assessment will be ongoing; the hiring authority reserves the right to offer the position at any time during the recruitment process. It’s the applicant's advantage to apply as early as possible. This recruitment could be used to fill multiple permanent or non-permanent positions.

Duties

Under the direct or indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse, or Licensed Practical Nurse, deliver care to promote health, foster healing, and support coping and adjustment to various health conditions. Provide health service to individual patients, groups of patients, staff employed at the correctional facility, and the public at large. Assist nursing process:

• Assist patients with personal care and activities of daily living such as bathing, personal hygiene, grooming, dressing, eating, positioning, transferring and ambulating. Perform passive and active range of motion.
• Assist the medical practitioner and physicians with examinations and provide assistance when necessary, including, but not limited to, paperwork and handling instruments needed for examination.
• Assist the laboratory with urine dip sticks, blood sugar testing, and transport.
• Assist with inpatient admissions and discharges.
• Ensure patient rooms are clean and free of unsafe conditions. Conduct inventory and daily checks of assigned areas to support quality improvement.
• Meet patient’s personal hygiene and comfort needs, to ensure promotion and maintenance of musculoskeletal, integumentary, genitourinary, gastrointestinal systems integrity in inpatient unit.
• Practice infection control techniques and report any discrepancies to licensed personnel through the chain of command.
• Perform basic nursing procedures such as taking temperatures, pulses, respiration, and blood pressure.
• Apply barrier cream and lotions to intact skin; perform non invasive lab procedures and report results to a Registered Nurse.
• Apply external appliances such as braces, Uros heaths, hearing aids and perform active, passive range of motion and make beds.
• Answer call light, determine the nature of the problem and respond within the scope of training and to report appropriate chain of command.

Use tools, techniques, physical and cognitive skills and abilities to practice as a Nursing Assistant safely and effectively in the correctional setting and within the scope of practice as defined by State Law and Administrative Code to ensure patient care provided is safe, effective, efficient and clinically appropriate:

• Monitor and collect specific data, as directed, about health status, clinical condition, or situation of individuals, families, groups and communities by interview, observation, inspection, and examination.
• Report the results of monitoring and data collection to the Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, or Medical Practitioner.

Assist the Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, or Medical Practitioner in analysis and evaluation of the structure, process and timeframes for service delivery, the expected effects of treatment or intervention and the outcomes to be achieved:

Ensure that they are in attendance, capable and competent to practice as a Nursing Assistant, as assigned:

• Participate in and evaluate your own practice for technical competency and safety, obtain education or training to retain or improve skills and abilities based upon the work assigned and inform immediate supervisor if there are specific tasks, techniques, skills or abilities are unable to perform competently.
• Report on and perform work as scheduled to ensure staff safety and patient care are not compromised.
• Remain on duty until adequate replacement has arrived and communication has occurred to ensure continuity of patient care.
• Work overtime (voluntary and mandatory) and callback shifts as necessary to maintain service delivery, safety and security.

Communicate effectively verbally, in writing, and via computer or other electronic media with patients, patients’ families, other health care personnel, custody staff, and other institutional personnel to ensure information is solicited to identify problems and develop solutions to deliver care. Revise plan as necessary to ensure in safe, timely, and clinically appropriate service provision:

Establish therapeutic relationships that preserve professional boundaries with patients and their families. Teach and assist patients and their families to reduce health risks, improve their ability to provide self-care, manage symptoms and side effects, participate in prescribed treatment regimens, and to make informed decisions about health care and treatment:

Maintain regular and reliable attendance. Maintain positive and professional working relationships, remain calm and act professionally during all emergent conditions with the ability to recall detailed instructions. Maintain attention and concentration for extended periods of time and work collaboratively with diverse groups of staff and patients:

Qualifications

Required qualifications:

• Initial and continuous unblemished/unrestricted licensure in the State of Washington as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
• Certification by the American Heart Association in emergency first response.
• Indicates possession of knowledge, skill and or ability to perform nursing assistant activities. 
• Participates in the evaluation of competency in nursing assistant practice as requested by the Employer.
• Able to use the computer to enter, schedule, monitor and track patient information, word process and communicate via email.

Preferred/Desired Qualifications:

Supplemental Information

Mission: The mission of DOC is to improve public safety by positively changing lives.

Our Vision: Working together for safer communities.

Our Commitment: To operate a safe and humane corrections system and partner with others to transform lives for a better Washington.

Our Core Values:

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Please include a minimum of three (3) professional references with your application. A professional reference is defined as an individual who has been paid to supervise your work and can attest to your work performance, technical skills, and job competencies.  If you do not have any or sufficient professional references, please include non-related professionals, such as educators or other professional associates.   

**Please note:  Phone number AND email address are required for all professional references.

• A background check including criminal record history will be conducted prior to a new hire.  Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the position.
• Employees may work directly with or near incarcerated individuals in a potentially hazardous setting. Please consider this when deciding whether to apply. 
• We are committed to maintaining a drug and alcohol-free work environment, and our employees are expected to comply with all state and federal laws. A pre-employment drug test may be administered as part of the selection process, and applicants who test positive for any controlled substances, will be disqualified from consideration. 
• Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) is an aerosol pepper spray made available as a means of self-defense and/or de-escalation. Applicants with sensitivities or allergies are encouraged to ask about the level of exposure they could expect in this position. 
• Animal care projects are a common component of most Washington State prisons, including dog and cat programs. Applicants with animal sensitivities or allergies are encouraged to ask about the level of exposure they could expect in this position.
• Tuberculosis (TB) is a priority health issue for DOC employees. The successful candidate may be required to provide valid proof of a baseline TB skin test within 60 days from the date of hire. When positive tests result, further information, testing and treatment will also be required. Employment is not contingent upon test results.
• This position may be represented by a bargaining unit.

We are committed to hiring individuals who possess core diversity competencies: 

Foster a positive attitude and openness toward the ever changing social and cultural makeup of the workplace.

• Work effectively with people of different perspectives, abilities, disabilities, races, religions, ages, lifestyle preferences and social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
• Respectfully acknowledge people's differences and recognize these differences as important and valuable.
• Promote inclusiveness.
• Be culturally sensitive and appropriate.
• Respect and value diverse backgrounds and traditions.

What We Offer: 

As an employee of the Department of Corrections, your work-life integration is a priority.  Washington State employees are offered one of the most inclusive and competitive benefits packages in the nation.  Besides comprehensive family insurance for medical, dental, and vision, these perks also may include:

• Up to 25 paid vacations days a year
• 8 hours of paid sick leave per month
• 12 paid holidays a year 
• Generous retirement plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Dependent Care Assistance
• Deferred Compensation and so much more!

State Employees are members of the Washington Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS).  New employees have the option of two employer contributed retirement programs.  For additional information, check out the Department of Retirement Systems' web site.

DOC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, honorably discharged veteran, veteran status, genetic information, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability.

For questions about this recruitment, or to request reasonable accommodation in the application process, please email lindsey.martinez@doc1.wa.gov or call us at 425-760-4485. For TTY service, please call the Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6388.