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

Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center•West Burlington, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides basic resident care under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse, using a resident-centered approach to deliver personal care and assistance with activities of daily living. The CNA/Universal Worker provides routine daily nursing care and other desired services according to each resident’s assessment, choices, and care plan, with the goal of maintaining the highest degree of quality care. The position is scheduled for 24 hours per week, from 10:45 p.m. to 6:45 a.m., with every-other-weekend and holiday rotation. The work is in the Heritage/Cascade Household at Klein Center. Minimum hiring wage is $18.89 per hour. A CNA license is required upon hire.

Requirements

CNA license required upon hire.
Certified Nursing Assistant listing on the Iowa Direct Care Worker Registry 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 practices.
Customer and personal service skills, including assessing needs, meeting service standards, and evaluating customer satisfaction.
Ability to understand others’ behavior and reactions, listen attentively, and actively look for ways to help people.
Ability to monitor performance and use logic and reasoning to evaluate options or identify problems.
Ability to see details at close range and detect when something is wrong or may go wrong.
Ability to understand spoken information and sentences.
Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Discretion and courtesy when working with patients, visitors, and staff.
Conflict-resolution, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
Strong organizational and time-management skills.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in the medical field preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide personal care, including bathing, dressing, grooming, shaving, nail care, and personal and dental hygiene.
Prepare residents for physician appointments and visitors; assist with end-of-life and postmortem care.
Observe residents, make regular rounds, note changes in skin condition or other changes, and report concerns to a nurse.
Answer resident calls and determine how to assist residents; provide comfort, fresh water, and nourishment between meals.
Position residents for comfort 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 restorative and rehabilitative programs as outlined in care plans, and assist residents with self-help and medical appliances to maintain function.
Assist residents with toileting; keep incontinent residents clean and dry; 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 information as directed by a physician.
Serve meals and ensure residents receive ordered food textures and fluids; follow sanitation and dietary procedures and support a positive dining experience.
Assist residents with eating, record meal and fluid intake, and provide clothing protectors as needed.
Obtain weights and vital signs as needed or ordered; monitor for pain and report it to the nurse.
Address spills and safety hazards, keep resident rooms and common areas tidy, maintain hand-hygiene stations, and notify housekeeping when further intervention is needed.
Wash and dry resident laundry individually according to schedule and as needed; routinely clean lifts, wheelchairs, walkers, and other equipment.
Participate in planning and activities in the resident neighborhood, assist residents to and from activities, and supervise residents with electronic wandering-monitoring devices during activities.
Participate in quarterly care plan meetings.

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, and hospital indemnity plans