Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) | 32 hours per week | Park Place

Great River Health • Mount Pleasant, IA

85d • $17

About The Position

Provides basic resident care under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse. Utilizes a resident centered approach based on resident centered principles to provide personal care and assistance with activities of daily living. The CNA/ Universal Worker provides each resident with routine daily nursing care and other desired services in accordance with the resident's assessment, choices, and care plan under the supervision of a licensed nurse to ensure the highest degree of quality of care is maintained at all times.

Requirements

• Previous experience in the medical field preferred.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
• Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation.
• Ability to communicate verbally with patients and co-workers in a clear and effective manner.
• Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures and strategies to promote safety and security operations.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Knowledge of patient rights and laws relative to those rights, such as HIPAA.
• Certified Nursing Assistant Iowa Direct Care Worker Registry (United States of America) upon hire required.
• Dependent Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter - Iowa Department of Human Services Iowa Dept of Public Health (IDPH) (United States of America) within 180 Days required.
• EFRC (Emergency First Responder Choking) required within 90 days upon hire and renewed every 2 years.

Responsibilities

• Bathing and dressing residents as care planned and as needed ensuring that the residents are properly and comfortably clothed.
• Combs hair, shaves resident, trims nails, and assists with personal and dental hygiene.
• Prepares residents for physician appointments and visitors.
• Assists with end-of-life care and postmortem care.
• Notes changes in skin condition and reports to nurse.
• Makes regular rounds to observe resident and note changes.
• Answers resident calls and determines how to assist them.
• Positions for comfort in bed and chair utilizing pressure reduction techniques and pressure reduction equipment as needed.
• Assists with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, W/C, lifts, showers, tubs, and vehicles.
• Carries out restorative and rehabilitative programs as care planned.
• Instructs, guides, and assists residents in self-help and uses of medical appliances to maintain function.
• Assists residents to and from the bathroom.
• Keeps incontinent residents clean and dry.
• Uses appropriate incontinence product for each resident as specified in the care plan.
• Provides perineal care as care planned and as needed.
• Monitors genitourinary and gastrointestinal systems, document output every shift of bowels, if presence of urinary appliance, or as directed by a physician.
• Serve meals and ensure that appropriate textured meals/fluids are provided to residents as ordered.
• Participates in sanitation procedures to maintain food safety at all times.
• Promotes a positive dining experience and assists residents with eating as needed.
• Record meal and fluid intakes.
• Weigh residents as ordered or per nursing judgment.
• Obtain vital signs as needed.
• Address spills as they occur for safety and notify housekeeping for further intervention.
• Ensures resident rooms and common areas are clean and tidy.
• Participates in the planning of resident activities within neighborhood.
• Participates in resident activities as able.
• Ensures residents are assisted to and from activities.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay
• Matching retirement programs
• Health, Dental and Vision plans
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee discounts including car rental, cell-phone plans
• Employer-paid, Long-Term Disability, Life, and AD&D
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Education Assistance Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Discounted cafeteria meals
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Service Recognition program
• Voluntary plans including: Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees