Who We Are

At Vitruvian Health, we serve with compassion. As the leading healthcare system for northwest Georgia and southeast Tennessee, we are committed not only to strengthening the health of our communities, but also to supporting the growth, success, and well‑being of every team member.

Our Legacy

Formerly Hamilton Health Care System, Vitruvian Health is built on a legacy of trust, innovation, and exceptional care. With more than 80 access points across the region—including Hamilton Medical Center and Bradley Medical Center—you’ll have the opportunity to be part of something bigger: a connected, mission‑driven team making a difference every day.

Our Values

Our core values—Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity, and Excellence (PRIDE)—guide every interaction and decision. We believe in empowering our people, celebrating what makes us unique, and delivering care that reflects the heart of our mission.

Your Career With Us

Join us and build a meaningful career where you’re valued, inspired, and supported to make a real impact.

Excellence. Every person. Every time.

ESSENTIAL SKILL/KNOWLEDGE FUNCTIONS

• Assists patients in and out of bed and into wheelchair with the correct use of the transfer belt.
• Assists patients in bathing; to include bed baths, tub baths, and showers.
• Assists patients in dressing or undressing.
• Assists patients in using bathroom and/or bedpan and peri-care.
• Takes vital signs of patients, e.g., temperature, blood pressure, and respiration and records information.
• Assists patients to dining area for meals. May be required to assist in feeding of patients and documenting intake of nourishment.
• Strips bedding and replaces with clean linens.
• Assists in personal grooming of patients, e.g., brushing hair, trimming fingernails and toenails, and shaving.
• Turns patient intermittently of patient is bedridden due to illness.
• Required to clean bedpans and empty catheter bags.
• Documents and/or reports information regarding the patients’ health, I&O, any change of medical condition, and care given.
• Distributes fresh water to patients and picks up used water pitchers.
• Required to pass food trays to individual patients in accordance with diet cards on trays.
• Provides oral care and denture care.
• Provides skin care.
• Assists with admissions, discharges, and transfers as requested.
• Understands and utilizes care plans.
• Identifies the four basic food groups on a sample breakfast, lunch and dinner meal.
• Provides assistance with meals as requested (tray delivery, feeding, etc.).
• Provides after meal care (remove tray, brush teeth, wash face and hands, etc.).
• Applies & releases restraints and provides exercise.
• Provides external/indwelling catheter care.
• Offers fluids at appropriate times (including routine ice and water rounds).
• Provides for bowel and bladder training/retraining.
• Provides colostomy care.
• Practices proper body mechanics while moving/transferring patients.
• Provides range of motion exercises for patients.
• Collects stool and urine samples.
• Recognizes and reports signs/symptoms of abuse and/or change in condition.
• Properly documents in accordance with established guidelines.
• Receives and gives reports on patient’s status or condition.
• Assists patients to and from activities as requested.
• Assists patients with walking (with or without assistive devices).
• Provides care for the dying patient.
• Provides post mortem care as requested.
• Provides routine care for the bedfast patient (turning, etc.).

ESSENTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS

• Participates in Nursing Center surveys (Licensure/JCAHO) and any subsequently required reports.
• Attends and participates in continuing educational programs to keep abreast on changes in your field as well as to maintain current license/certification, as required.
• Attends and participates in mandatory in-services.
• Honor patients’ rights to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property and civil rights, including the right to wage complaints.
• Complies with Corporate Compliance Program.
• Reports job-related functions/tasks that involve occupational hazards including exposure to blood and body fluids and others as necessary.
• Follows established safety procedures when performing job tasks and/or working with equipment.
• Follows established safety procedures regulations, to include fire protective/prevention, smoking regulations, infection control, etc.
• Performs other related duties as necessary and as directed by supervisor.
• Complies with all Privacy & Security Programs.

ESSENTIAL GENERAL FUNCTIONS

• Attendance
• Punctuality
• Professional Appearance

• Communicates well with patients and family members providing warm and friendly greeting and an approachable attitude to family/visitors/patients and responds to expressed concerns while displaying a helpful, caring demeanor, answers questions when appropriate in a professional manner.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS

Primary Physical Requirements:

• Lift up to 10 lbs.: Occasionally required to lift medical charts, supplies, and patients' personal items, e.g., clothing and food items.
• Lift 11 to 25 lbs.: Occasionally may be required when lifting soiled bed linens.
• Lift 26 to 40 lbs.: Occasionally to frequently required when assisting an ambulatory patient in bathing or dressing.
• Lift over 40 lbs.: Frequently required when transferring a non-ambulatory patient weighing between 100 and 160 pounds. Two aides are typically utilized when patient is unusually heavy or combative.
• Carry up to 10 lbs.: Occasionally required to lift medical charts, supplies, and patients' personal items, e.g., clothing and food items.
• Carry 11 to 25 lbs.: Occasionally may be required when lifting soiled bed linens and carrying to the utility area.
• Carry 26 to 40 lbs.: Occasionally to frequently required when assisting an ambulatory patient in bathing or dressing.
• Carry over 40 lbs.: Occasionally to frequently required when transferring a non-ambulatory patient weighing between 100 and 160 pounds. Two aides are typically utilized when patient is unusually heavy or combative.
• Reach above shoulder height: 4 feet.
• Reach at shoulder height: Frequently may occur when assisting patients in eating, when changing bed linens, and when taking vital signs.
• Reach below shoulder height: Occasionally occurs while assisting patients with peri-care and bathing.
• Push/Pull: 20 feet.

Hand Manipulation:

• Grasping: Frequently grasping while transferring patient.
• Fingering: Occasionally occurs while documenting patients’ medical charts.
• Handling: Constantly handling patients' personal items, blood pressure gauge, thermometer, and eating utensils.
• Torquing: Not required.
• Controls & Equipment: Blood pressure gauge, thermometer, etc.

Other Physical Considerations:

• Twisting: Occasionally may occur while transferring patient.
• Bending: Occasionally occurs while taking vital signs, assisting patient in bathing, providing peri-care, etc.
• Squatting: Occasionally may occur while bathing patient; also required when putting on shoes and socks of patients, and also when making eye-to-eye contact while talking if patient is in a wheelchair.
• Kneeling: Occasionally may occur while bathing patient.
• Crouching: Required when putting on shoes and socks of patients, and also when making eye-to-eye contact while talking if patient is in a wheelchair.
• Climbing: Not required.
• Balancing: Not required.

During an 8-hour day, Associate is required to:

Consecutive Hours         Total Hours

Sit                1                            1

Stand           3                            3

Walk             3                            4

Work Surface: Varies from carpeting, linoleum, and tile. When seated, typically an office-type chair.

Cognitive and Sensory Requirements:

• Talking: Necessary for communicating with others.
• Hearing: Constantly required when communicating with patients, visitors, and staff.
• Sight: Necessary for doing job correctly and effectively.
• Tasting & Smelling: Not required.

EQUIPMENT USED

Blood pressure gauge, thermometer, etc.

SUMMARY OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES

Tasks assigned to this position may involve potential and/or direct exposure to blood, body fluids, infectious disease, air contaminants and hazardous chemicals. May be subject to hostile and emotionally upset patients, family members, associates and visitors.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

In this position, the associate is required to be on his or her feet continually throughout the day. In a full-time nonrestrictive basis, the associate must be able to lift at least 40 pounds of weight, which is required when transferring a patient from a bed to a wheelchair. A transfer belt is necessary and required when transferring any patient. This is for the safety of not only the patient, but also the aide. Other nurses are available to assist with heavier patients as needed.

Drug-Free Workplace

JOB DESCRIPTION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I have read this job description and fully understand the requirements set forth therein. I hereby accept the position of Certified Nursing Assistant and agree to perform the identified essential functions in a safe manner and in accordance with the organization’s established Procedural Guidelines. I understand that as a result of my employment, I may be exposed to blood, body fluids, infectious diseases, air contaminants (including tobacco smoke), and hazardous chemicals and that the organization should provide to me instructions on how to prevent and control such exposures. I further understand that I may also be exposed to the Hepatitis B Virus and that the organization should make available to me, free of charge, the Hepatitis B Vaccination.

I understand that my employment is at-will. This means that an associate has the right to terminate employment at any time, with or without cause, and the organization has a similar right. This document does not create any implied or expressed contractual obligation on the part of the organization. No manager or representative other than the President of the organization has any authority to enter into any agreement for employment for any specified period of time, or to make any agreement contrary to the forgoing.

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Signature –Certified Nursing Assistant                        Date

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A review of this description has excluded the marginal functions of the positions that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and requirements are essential job functions. All requirements are subject to possible modifications to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the associate occupying this position. Associates will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor. Minimum requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" employment relationship.