Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Description

The Certified Nursing Assistant reports to and receives supervision from the Charge Nurse and is responsible for proving quality nursing and direct care to assigned residents in compliance with current applicable federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and established policies and procedures which encourage each resident’s ability to maintain or attain the highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.

Schedule: Multiple Shifts Available, 12 Hour Shifts

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide individualized attention which encourages each resident’s ability to maintain or attain the highest practical physical, mental and psychosocial well-being.
• Maintain knowledge of the individualized care plan for each resident and provide support to the resident according to the care plan.
• Contribute to the care planning process by providing the charge nurse with specific information and observations of the residents’ needs and preferences.
• Attend to the individual needs of residents including assistance with grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, colostomy care, prosthetic appliances, transferring, ambulation, range of motion, communicating or other needs in keeping with the individual’s care requirements and care plan.
• Maintain the comfort, privacy, and dignity of each resident in the delivery of services.
• Interact with residents in a manner that displays warmth and promotes a caring environment.
• Comprehensive understanding and adherence to all aspects of residents’ rights, including the right to be free of restraints and free of abuse.
• Promptly report to the charge nurse or administrative staff all incidents or evidence of resident abuse or violation of residents’ rights.
• Assist in maintaining a safe, neat, and clean environment. Assist resident in keeping personal items and clothing off the floor and properly stored.
• Protect resident’s personal belongings including eyeglasses, dentures, hearing aids, furnishings, jewelry, clothing, etc. Promptly report missing items.
• Observe residents for changes in condition or behavior and promptly report these changes to the Charge Nurse.
• Provide care that maintains each resident’s skin integrity to prevent pressure ulcers, skin tears, and other damage by changing incontinent residents, turning, repositioning immobile residents, and applying moisturizer to fragile skin.
• Assure residents have call lights at hand and answer resident’s call lights promptly and courteously.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Successful completion of a State-Approved Nursing Assistant Certification courseor other education which meets the state certification requirements.
• Possess current Nursing Assistant Certification.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS:

• Must be able to push, pull, move and/or lift a minimum of 50 pounds of inanimate objects.
• Mus be able to push, pull, move and/or lift a maximum of 35 pounds of a person.
• Must be able to stand and walk for long periods of time.
• Must be able to reach, stoop, kneel, bend, lift and move intermittently throughout the workday throughout the facility.
• Must be able to work outside of normal work hours including nights, holidays, and weekends as needed to meet facility and position demands.
• Must be free of diseases that may be transmitted in the performance of job responsibilities during the stage of communicability.
• Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset and at times hostile people within the facility.