Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) | 28 Hours per Week | Klein Center

Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center•West Burlington, IA

About The Position

The Certified Nurse Assistant provides basic resident care under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse. Using a resident-centered approach, the CNA/Universal Worker provides personal care and assistance with activities of daily living in accordance with each resident’s assessment, choices, and care plan, helping maintain the highest degree of quality of care. The role is at Klein Center’s Stony Cobble Household and is scheduled for 28 hours per week, from 2:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., with every-other-weekend and holiday rotation. A CNA license is required upon hire.

Requirements

Certified Nursing Assistant license required upon hire.
Registration on the Iowa Direct Care Worker Registry required upon hire.
Complete the Iowa Department of Human Services Dependent Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter requirement within 180 days.
Complete Emergency First Responder Choking (EFRC) training within 90 days of hire and renew it every two years.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with patients and coworkers.
Knowledge of patient care information and procedures, patient rights, and laws relating to those rights, such as HIPAA.
Ability to provide customer and personal services, assess resident needs, meet service-quality standards, and evaluate resident satisfaction.
Ability to pay attention to others, understand spoken information, recognize others’ reactions, and look for ways to help.
Ability to monitor performance and use logic and reasoning to identify problems and evaluate solutions.
Ability to see details at close range and recognize when something is wrong or likely to go wrong.
Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Ability to use discretion and courtesy with patients, visitors, and staff.
Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies that promote safety and security.
Conflict-resolution, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
Strong organizational and time-management skills.
Understanding of the CNA role and how it interacts with the team.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in the medical field is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide personal care, including bathing, dressing, grooming, shaving, nail trimming, and personal and dental hygiene, 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, note changes in skin condition or other changes, and report concerns to the nurse.
Answer resident calls and determine how to assist residents; provide 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, including use of beds, chairs, wheelchairs, lifts, showers, tubs, and vehicles.
Carry out restorative and rehabilitative programs as care planned; guide residents in self-help and use of medical appliances to maintain function.
Assist residents with toileting and provide incontinence and perineal care as planned and needed; use care-plan-specified incontinence products.
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 dietary and sanitation procedures and support a positive dining experience.
Assist residents with eating, provide clothing protectors as needed, and record meal and fluid intake.
Obtain weights as ordered or based on nursing judgment, take vital signs as needed, and monitor for pain and report it to the nurse.
Address spills promptly and notify housekeeping when further intervention is needed.
Keep resident rooms and common areas clean and tidy, monitor for trip hazards, and maintain functional hand-hygiene stations with sanitation products available.
Wash and dry resident laundry individually according to schedule and as needed.
Clean lifts, wheelchairs, walkers, and other equipment routinely.
Participate in planning and supporting neighborhood resident activities, 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