CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant

About the job

Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene is hiring a full-time certified nursing assistant (CNA) for night shifts on its nursing resource team. The CNA gives a range of direct patient care under a registered nurse's supervision.

Kootenai Health serves patients across northern Idaho and the Inland Northwest.

What you'll do

• Care for each patient's physical, motor and sensory, cognitive and psychological needs, meeting the unit's age-specific competency standards, and involve the family or others significant to them in care when possible
• Answer call lights for all patients on the unit, and let the responsible staff member know when you can't meet a patient's need
• Help patients with activities of daily living
• Take requests from teammates through the delegation process
• Read charts, dials, equipment settings and other printed or handwritten materials
• Talk with patients, families, physicians and co-workers in person or by phone
• Collect non-invasive body fluid specimens and take vital signs
• Assist physicians and nursing staff with procedures
• Document patient care in the electronic medical record

What you need

• Idaho certified nursing assistant (CNA) certification
• BLS certification
• Able to hold a standing or sitting position, and to stoop, crouch or bend
• Able to lift and move up to 35 pounds, push, pull or transport heavy equipment, and help transfer patients

Preferred

• High school diploma or GED

Schedule

• Night shift, 12-hour shifts
• Full-time, 72 hours per two-week pay period

Benefits

• Medical coverage, with options fully paid by the employer for eligible full-time staff, starting the first of the month after 30 days
• Dental, vision, life and pet insurance, plus telemedicine and wellbeing resources
• Tuition assistance after 90 days
• Retirement plans (pre-tax and Roth) with an employer match of 3% to 6%
• Night, weekend and PRN shift differentials
• A wellness program with coaching and financial wellness resources, plus free or discounted fitness center access and premium wellbeing apps
• PerkSpot discounts and an employee referral bonus program