Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) | Long Term Care

Avera•Eureka, SD

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Nurse Assistant provides direct, personal care and services to residents in a skilled nursing facility. The role supports residents’ physical, academic, social, and spiritual needs to help maintain and improve their highest level of independent function. This is a regular, full-time day-shift position at Avera Eureka Health Care Center in Eureka. The CNA assists residents with activities of daily living and routine or non-routine tasks as directed by nursing staff. Duties include personal hygiene and dressing, transfers, repositioning, toileting, meals and feeding, responding to call lights, maintaining a clean environment, transportation, ambulation, and helping residents orient to the facility. The CNA takes and documents vital signs and weight, assists with specified medical care and restorative exercises, collects specimens when directed, assesses and documents care, and promptly shares changes in residents’ conditions or other concerns with nursing staff. The position also involves restocking supplies, supporting families, protecting resident rights and confidentiality, reporting suspected abuse or misappropriation of property, and following safety, emergency, infection-control, and hazardous-material procedures. Avera emphasizes compassion, hospitality, stewardship, teamwork, confidentiality, and its CARE standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement.

Requirements

Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) licensing in the state of practice within 120 days.
Ability to work the hours specified.
Ability to perform essential job functions satisfactorily, including adequate visual acuity and effective communication and hearing abilities.
Maintain confidentiality and work effectively in a team environment.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED equivalent.
Less than one year of related experience or training.
Compassionate caregiving and a team-oriented, positive approach.

Responsibilities

Provide direct personal care and assistance with residents’ activities of daily living.
Assist with bathing, dressing, shaving, oral hygiene, bed making, transfers, repositioning, toileting, meals, feeding, ambulation, and orientation to the facility.
Answer call lights, help maintain a clean environment, and transport residents upon admission and dismissal.
Measure and document blood pressure, pulse, temperature, respiration, and weight.
Perform or assist with specific medical care activities and restorative exercises in accordance with policy and procedure; collect specimens as directed.
Assess and document completed care and promptly report changes in residents’ conditions, pain management, and other concerns to nursing staff.
Restock supplies and help maintain the unit and an appropriate work environment, including cleaning procedures.
Provide emotional, educational, and spiritual support to families.
Protect resident rights, confidentiality, and privacy, and report allegations of resident abuse or misappropriation of property.
Follow fire, tornado, evacuation, disaster-plan, universal-precaution, infection-control, and hazardous-material communication procedures.
Maintain a clean and safe environment for residents, families, and staff.
Work effectively with team members and comply with applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards.