University of Maryland Medical System·Glen Burnie, Maryland
Provides direct patient care including monitoring vital signs, assisting with activities of daily living, and performing clinical tasks like blood draws. Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to implement care plans and ensure patient safety and comfort.
Job Requirements Under the direction of professional nursing staff, provides direct patient care.
Takes vital signs, checks surgical dressings, and aids with activities of daily living (ADLs).
This role performs blood draws and collects specimen samples.
Observes and collects data and communicates about the patient’s status in order to identify needs and provides needed care.
Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary patient care services team.
· Performs testing and manages the care of the patient based on results achieved and clinical findings. · Records patient care along the continuum, including activities of daily living (ADLs): feeding, bathing, dressing, toileting and transferring. · Completes, documents and reports patient vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, oxygen saturation and reported pain level). · Assists in admission, transfer and discharge of patients. · Participates in cost effective strategies to optimize patient outcomes. · Promotes patient safety including fall prevention.
Ensures the safety of the clinical environment for patients, visitors, and other staff members. · Maintains order and appearance of patient rooms and work area.
Maintains patient care supplies and linen. · Provides post-mortem care. · Collaborates with members of the health care team to carry out the plan of care, including reporting observed changes in patients’ condition. · Ensure patient comfort relative to their pain status. · Measures and documents dietary intake and patient urinary and stool output.
Documents calorie count.
Measures and documents patient weight. · Conducts indwelling urinary catheter care.
Applies, maintains and removes external urinary catheter devices. · Conducts blood glucose monitoring. · Performs venipuncture for drawing blood samples and establishes IV access. · Provides wound care to promote healing and maintain structural integrity of the skin.
Performs skin care and hygiene and reports impaired skin integrity and/or wound impairment.
Assists with appropriate strategies and/or treatment measures to provide wound care. · Assists with collection of patient specimens for laboratory testing.
Incorporates proper techniques for patient identification, method for collection of appropriate specimen(s) and documentation.
Requires the ability to perform clinical procedures such as venipuncture and wound care while documenting patient status. Must be able to support nursing staff in the admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.
Market context
Support-services roles in Maryland are often in steady demand in hospitals and care settings because they keep daily operations and patient support running. These positions can be competitive when employers want current CNA licensure, BLS certification, and acute-care experience, along with benefits such as PTO and insurance coverage. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your Maryland CNA status and AHA BLS details before applying.
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