Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) | 24 Hours per Week | Klein Center

Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center•West Burlington, IA

About The Position

Provides basic resident care under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse, using a resident-centered approach to support personal care and activities of daily living. Provides routine nursing care and other desired services in accordance with each resident’s assessment, choices, and care plan, with the goal of maintaining the highest quality of care. The CNA assists residents with personal hygiene, dressing, bathing, mobility, positioning, toileting, meals, and activities. The role includes monitoring residents and reporting changes or concerns to a nurse, recording relevant information, maintaining clean and safe resident areas and equipment, and participating in restorative programs and care plan meetings. The position is scheduled for 24 hours per week, from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with every-other-weekend and holiday rotation. Minimum hiring wage starts at $18.89 per hour.

Requirements

Certified Nursing Assistant credential required.
Iowa Direct Care Worker Registry entry required upon hire.
Dependent Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter training through the Iowa Department of Human Services required within 180 days.
Emergency First Responder Choking (EFRC) certification required within 90 days of hire and renewed every two years.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with patients and coworkers.
Knowledge of patient rights and laws related to those rights, including HIPAA.
Knowledge of care procedures, relevant equipment, and safety and security procedures.
Strong conflict-resolution, problem-solving, critical-thinking, organizational, and time-management skills.
Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Ability to see details at close range and detect when something is wrong or likely to go wrong.
Ability to listen to and understand spoken information.
Ability to use discretion and courtesy when working with patients, visitors, and staff.
Knowledge of customer and personal service principles, human behavior, and individual differences; ability to attend to others, assess needs, monitor performance, and use reasoning to address problems.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in the medical field is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide bathing, dressing, grooming, shaving, nail care, and personal and dental hygiene assistance according to care plans and resident needs.
Prepare residents for physician appointments and visitors, and assist with end-of-life and postmortem care.
Observe residents, make regular rounds, answer call lights, respond to resident needs, and report changes in skin condition or other concerns to a nurse.
Position residents comfortably in beds and chairs using pressure-reduction techniques and equipment as needed.
Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents using beds, chairs, wheelchairs, lifts, showers, tubs, and vehicles.
Carry out care-planned restorative and rehabilitative programs and assist residents with self-help and medical appliances to maintain function.
Assist residents with toileting, maintain cleanliness and dryness for incontinent residents, use care-plan-specified incontinence products, and provide perineal care.
Monitor genitourinary and gastrointestinal systems and document bowel output each shift, urinary appliance presence, or other output as directed.
Serve meals and ensure residents receive ordered food textures and fluids; assist with eating, record meal and fluid intake, and provide clothing protectors as needed.
Follow food sanitation and dietary procedures and promote a positive dining experience.
Obtain weights and vital signs as needed or ordered, monitor for pain, and report concerns to the nurse.
Address spills, maintain clean and tidy resident rooms and common areas, monitor for trip hazards, and ensure hand hygiene stations have sanitation products.
Wash and dry resident laundry according to schedule and as needed; routinely clean lifts, wheelchairs, walkers, and other equipment.
Participate in planning and resident activities, assist residents to and from activities, and supervise residents with electronic wandering-monitoring devices while they attend activities.
Participate in quarterly care plan meetings.
Provide fresh water and nourishment between meals and attend to resident needs in a timely manner.

Benefits

Competitive base pay
Matching retirement programs
Health, dental, and vision plans
Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
Employee discounts, including car rental and cell-phone plans
Employer-paid long-term disability, life, and AD&D coverage
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 life, AD&D, short-term disability, critical illness, accident insurance, and hospital indemnity plans