Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)

Bedrock Healthcare•Madison, WI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Watertown Health Care Center is seeking a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) to provide direct care to residents in a skilled nursing home. The CNA helps create a compassionate, supportive environment and treats residents with dignity and respect, supporting their choices and individual needs. The role is available full-time or part-time, with AM, PM, and NOC shifts and eight-hour shifts. The posting notes that rotating shifts, weekends, holidays, additional hours, or work in different positions may be required based on facility needs. The CNA provides care in accordance with residents’ individualized care plans and supports their physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being. Duties include assisting with personal care and mobility, observing and reporting changes, maintaining residents’ comfort and safety, documenting care, and working collaboratively with residents, families, visitors, and staff. The role also involves following safety, infection-control, confidentiality, regulatory, and facility policies.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Successful completion of a state-approved Nursing Assistant Certification course, or other education that meets state certification requirements.
Current Nursing Assistant Certification in the state of practice, or eligibility to obtain it.
Good organizational and time-management skills.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to maintain composure and interact courteously and professionally.
Knowledge of resident rights and ability to support residents’ privacy, dignity, well-being, and safety.
Annual verification of a negative TB skin test as required.
Ability to work rotating shifts, holidays, weekends, additional hours, or in different positions as facility needs require.

Responsibilities

Provide quality nursing care that promotes residents’ rights, dignity, freedom of choice, and individuality.
Encourage residents to maintain or attain their highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
Know and follow each resident’s individualized care plan; share observations and information about resident needs and preferences with the charge nurse or care-planning staff.
Assist residents with grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, colostomy care, prosthetic appliances, transfers, ambulation, range of motion, communication, and other care needs within the scope of practice.
Maintain residents’ comfort, privacy, and dignity, and interact with warmth and care.
Understand residents’ rights, including freedom from restraints and abuse; promptly report suspected abuse or violations of residents’ rights.
Help maintain a safe, neat, and clean environment and report environmental or equipment deficiencies.
Protect residents’ personal belongings and report missing items according to policy.
Observe residents for changes in condition or behavior and promptly report changes to licensed nursing personnel.
Help maintain residents’ skin integrity by changing incontinent residents, turning and repositioning immobile residents, and applying moisturizers as appropriate.
Answer residents’ call bells promptly and courteously.
Perform tasks assigned by the charge nurse, such as taking vital signs and weights, applying creams or ointments, and collecting specimens.
Help orient residents and families to the nursing home and unit upon admissions or transfers.
Lift, move, and transport residents using proper body mechanics or lifting devices.
Communicate effectively and tactfully with residents, visitors, families, peers, and supervisors.
Escort or assist residents to appointments and activities, including the beauty shop, activities, and church services; participate in activities as directed.
Use supplies and linens carefully and follow established charge procedures for resident charge items.
Complete CNA records documenting care and other required information according to department policies.
Follow safety and infection-control procedures, including thorough handwashing, use of disposable gloves where indicated, and proper disposal of soiled materials.
Respond to inquiries and requests from residents, visitors, and personnel within established time frames and policies.
Assist the immediate supervisor with administrative tasks and special projects as directed, and perform other duties supportive of the role as circumstances require.
Maintain current CNA certification and meet ongoing training, attendance, uniform, dress-code, and personal-hygiene requirements.
Interact with residents, families, visitors, facility staff, and corporate staff; carry out other tasks when hands-on intervention is needed.
Support safety programs and procedures, universal precautions, safe work practices, emergency plans, risk management, security, and reporting or correcting unsafe conditions.
Maintain confidentiality of resident, employee, and operational data.
Support quality assurance and comply with regulatory requirements, current laws, and policies, including policies against harassment and discrimination.
Cooperate with coworkers, complete duties with appropriate judgment and minimal supervisory direction, communicate tactfully in sensitive situations, and follow up on reported concerns.
Promote positive public relations with residents, family members, and guests.
Support a homelike environment.